New Oil Pump or Not

Jan 27, 2004 3 Replies

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Jerry 22 years ago

I'm pulling the head on my 22RE to do a valve job so I'm replacing the timing chain and gears with a DOA kit. My TG cover isn't scored so I'm not going to replace that but since I've got the cover off and have easy access to the oil pump I'm thinking it might be a good time to replace it. The oil pump has been working faithfully all along but the truck's got

149,000 miles and I'm wondering what the life expectancy is for a stock oil pump. Is an oil pump something that should need replacing on a mileage/time basis or something that should outlast the rest of the engine? TIA Jerry

PS If anyone wants to reply via e:mail just take out one of the zeroes in my return adress.

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feck 22 years ago

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 03:48:15 GMT, jjones snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Jerry) went like:

I've heard of 22R pumps going for 200k but why not replace it now when you've already got easy access to it. Its a cheap and easy fix.

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john babiarz 22 years ago

Are you suppose to replace the oil pump?, My engine has 463k on it, I only replace the seals when I did a timing chain job.

john

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F330 GT 22 years ago

Cheap insurance!

I had 149000 on my jeep cherokee and had the front main seal replaced. The mechanic suggested I change the oil pump while it was apart. I said no since it hadn't been a problem. Two weeks later it quit and ruined the engine. I learned an expensive lesson.

Barry

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