Tysonkp60

Hi replying to banjo I was never intending on running solid lifters they were tampered with by the previous owner and yes hydraulic lifters will be fine, 8000rpm will be sweet for street driving

hey mate just a wee update after breaking a few things getting my motor together I have changed by lifters back to the old ones ( hydraulic lifters that have been modified to be solid) and when I have these lifters in I am able to build oil pressure just fine so I'm guessing the issue is the new lifters, they aren't genuine Toyota ones I think they are holden ones so I will potentially look into finding some genuine ones or I will go and talk with the shop where I bought the holden ones

hey mate I've decided to take a different route I think, tomorrow I am going to put the old lifters in that caused me to not have compression but still gave me oil pressure, I will see if I can build oil pressure with them in and that will mean it is the lifters that is causing the issue. if not that will mean I have put something together right. I was very close to buying a 4k today lol and give up on the 5k but I will give it a shot tomorrow

Quick update the grub screw is stripped so just trying to figure out how to get it out

That could just be it because I know the lifer’s aren’t genuine Toyota ones I will definitely check that out tomorrow and get back to you cheers

I think the issue with the lifters were a stuff up by the person who built the engine they were either seized or tampered with to make them solid but after replacing them I now have compression and everything works fine apart from my oil pressure issues

Another confusing part is that I have tried to start the engine about a year ago and it had oil pressure then but now for some reason it doesn’t the engine didn’t start because I had no compression this lead me on a chase to figure that situation out and after pulling the whole engine to bits it turned out the previous owner had put solid lifters in where they should have been hydraulic but I am still unsure where I have gone wrong for the engine to not be gaining oil pressure

Hi so I have turned the engine over to see if that gear on the cam is rotating and it is. i have added an image of my dizzy as I am unsure what you mean with the roll pin but the dizzy does spin so I am ver stumped

Hey I’m after some help with a new motor that won’t build any oil pressure. I am building a starlet kp60 and have done a 5k conversion, the engine was not built by me but everything is brand new. After fixing some issues with the engine and finally trying to start it for the first time I cranked it over with no plugs in to build oil pressure but the light on the dash would not go out I took the oil filter off and found that it was completely empty so I figured it must be the oil pump that has failed so I decided to take the oil pump out and test it see what was wrong. From the test that I did it seems to be working fine and picking up oil so I have no idea what could be stopping my engine from getting oil. i am hoping that someone on here can help with my issue thanks, Tyson