Oil pickup

I'm putting my motor back together and got the rods, crank and main caps on, but i have 2 extra washers. Are these needing to go on the oil pickup to elevate it? I should took a picture before i tore it down /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif

 

[prove_it]

how big are the washers? I hope they are not for the studs.

 

[fivestardsm]

Are you running the stock cap bolts? or ARP studs?

 

arp

 

Quoting 9t1tsi:
I'm putting my motor back together and got the rods, crank and main caps on, but i have 2 extra washers. Are these needing to go on the oil pickup to elevate it? I should took a picture before i tore it down /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif



No, the oil pump sits perfectly flush against the front case (with a small gasket in between)

 

[bazeng]

The oil pickup support arm?

What size are the holes in the washers?
what colour and material?

 

its the support arm and i have arp mains so the bolts are black nuts are black and the washers are black too. The washers are all indentical the outside diameter and the inside diameter

 

[Struc]

Just cut off the support arm - you don't need it. 2G's don't even have one from the factory.

 

[fivestardsm]

Thats not the Qestion on hand here. He is asking why he has extra washers from his ARP set. I wouold like to tell you its because the guys that package them cant count. I had a set of head studs that had an extra washer in them. Did they give you an extra nut also? Maybe call ARP and ask them.

I still dont belive that it is a good idea to cut the suport off either.

 

yes extra nut, 2 extra washers

 

[fivestardsm]

It sounds like they want you to put one washer on the head of the nut that is already holding the cap down, and then put your pickup on, then the next washer, folowed by the nut.

I can't guarantee this, just makes a little sense. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

 

thats what i thought, but i want to make sure before i button this thing up!

 

[bazeng]

I dont think there would be enough thread on the ARP stud if this was the case, unless they now supply one longer stud????

I still use the pickup arm just in case...

Instead I had to use 2 washers and 1 nut, ie

NUT
WASHER
PICKUP ARM
WASHER (GIRDLE IN MY CASE)
MAIN CAP

hope that makes sense