96 mustang 3.8

wow! are you SURE the pickup tube isnt cracked?

what is the pickup tube? can u explain what i need to check or check out please. thanks

or clogged?

What did the inside of the engine look like? Sludgy? Clean?

Cheers,

Sounds to me like the problem is the person you bought it from. In the same situation I would have brought it back to them.

That would be the tube that the pump sucks the oil through from down in the oil pan, but isn't that pat of the pump?

quote: ...in the 3.8 V6, on the other hand is on the 'outside' of the timing case cover, like the GM 3.8's. It's two interlocking gears that sit in a cavity that a plate bolts over. Four bolts, two gears and mine's done in about an hour ...... unquote

So changing the oil pump doesnt automatically allow inspection of the pickup. Have to pull the pan for that.

By the Way... this should have been posted in the alt.autos.ford Newsgroup it's a 'ford' systems problem

TalkAboutAutos doesnt allow crossposting, I tried.

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Ancillary: IF the problem is sludge-clog, I bet this was a 'low-milage', high seat-wear car. Meaning a short-trip car and the previous owner was lax in maintenance.

OR was a commute car and the owner was both lax in maintenance and THEN went to Jiffy-Lube when he DID change oil.

"Backyard Mechanic" wrote

Whoa there BYM, maybe the OP didn't know that, and it is still on topic since it IS a Mustang.

I aint throwing blame or scolding... it's just for future reference purposes

see my sig.

So...tell her where the pressure bypass valve is and how to get at it.

see below. she has a weird problem

The point being that There's a couple other guys on there that dont come on here.