[klits562]

Originally Posted by hotlavaflow

I pulled the oil pan Wednesday. Pretty easy I've always heard it was a PITA but it took about 30 minutes. I've always had the motor out when messing with the oil pan.

Remove front brace, drop sway bar, unbolt engine mounts, unbolt transmission brackets, jack engine up, remove oil pan bolts, knock loose, unbolt oil pickup done.

Anyway when I pulled the pickup off I noticed the gasket was there but no o-ring, So I'm figuring that was the problem. I replaced the regulator (dealer parts of course) shimmed it also. It was pretty clean in there no debris. I'm waiting on the o-ring from the dealer supposed to be in today.

I don't feel like pulling the front cover now after seeing this (reset timing, remove crank pulley etc.) because this is most likely the cause of my issues. I checked my oil pump gears before the install and they were fine. I've also never had any issues with this pump. Do you think I should still replace the gears with the new ones?

While your down there i would especially anything involing my engines oil i would make sure its operation 100%