Oil Pumps Interchangablility

[dgoodhue]

It appears as though, I have newer weaker GM casting for an oil pump in the junkyard 2003Vortec V6 I have. I should swap out the oil pumps, since I have solid motor mounts. While I don't care that much about this motor, I definately don't want to be a doing a new motor in 1000 miles either

Can I grab the Oil pump from my original stock motor? Can I swap the old pump pickup and base from the newer pump since I had the picked welded on? The pickup is 3/4" Tube vs the older pumps traditional 5/8" pickup tubes.

 

[4C FED]

Re: Oil Pumps Interchangablility

It appears as though, I have newer weaker GM casting for an oil pump in the junkyard 2003Vortec V6 I have. I should swap out the oil pumps, since I have solid motor mounts. While I don't care that much about this motor, I definately don't want to be a doing a new motor in 1000 miles either

Can I grab the Oil pump from my original stock motor? Can I swap the old pump pickup and base from the newer pump since I had the picked welded on? The pickup is 3/4" Tube vs the older pumps traditional 5/8" pickup tubes.

Yeah, just take the pickup & cover plate of fof the shitty pump & put it on your old pump.

 

[turbodig]

Re: Oil Pumps Interchangablility

Check the passages against each other to see how they line up, but it should work for ya.

The other option is the Milodon oil pump support bracket. The SBC one doesn't fit exactly, but it's a pretty minor mod to get it to fit (a vise and a die grinder does the trick).

I really wonder about people's love for solid mounts. A tie down strap and good heat shield on stock mounts will survive just as much abuse, and won't kill your oil pump or shake your electrical connections loose.

I guess I'd rather deal with a broken motor mount than a broken oil pump, but that's just me.