no oil feed for turbo

[glynn79]

I know its been on here before but no one seems to have an outcome to start with i have a td42 wich i have turboed and cant get oil to either the bung between the engine mount or the alternator just replaced oil pump have pulled the valve off the rear left and oil cooler checked and cleaned no one i have talked to have heard of this problem any help would be appreciated

[nissannewby]

Has this just happened or have you purchased a td42 for conversion or replacement?

[glynn79]

Yeah i rebuilt it for a conversion

[glynn79]

Its getting plenty of oil pressure to sender up through the rockers but nothing to the left side

[nissannewby]

Have you tried forcing some oil down the passages to prime the?

[glynn79]

Yep tried that as well still no luck feel like burning it

[nissannewby]

What did the rebuild entail? Did you build it yourself or someone else?

[glynn79]

Yep i did most of it had new sleeves put in new crank conrods pistons

[nissannewby]

OK. Sorry about all the questions. Was the block completely stripped? So all the gear train off the front, filter housing, relief etc etc?

It wont be the relief (valve on passenger side of block) as if there was a problem with it this then your oil pressure would be affected. Possibly something blocking a gallery, which could be a range of things but is most llikely.

[glynn79]

So would it be ok to get oil from a different spot or should i keep trying to find the problem

[Kimbo63]

There might be an oil gallery plug not installed ?

[AB]

So would it be ok to get oil from a different spot or should i keep trying to find the problem I had to get my feed from the oil sender on the other side and never had an issue but you should be finding the problem too.

[glynn79]

Does anyone know if there is anything else that runs of these oil galleries

[nissannewby]

The cam is on that side. It needs to be inspected to find the problem before you ruin your new motor. You can get oil from somewhere else but if something else is running dry that you cant see then it wont end well.

[Bloodyaussie]

The cam is on that side. It needs to be inspected to find the problem before you ruin your new motor. You can get oil from somewhere else but if something else is running dry that you cant see then it wont end well.

I know this is the last thing you want to hear mate but i ignored advice from matty and ben and the motor failed. .. i should have pulled it out and looked into it properly. . Feels like you are going backwards sometimes but better this than what i went through.