oil strainer

[RotaryXperiment]

mines was bolted to the engine (with no oil pan) and i sat it down on top of it:001_07:
it bent it some, so i tried rebending it back. should i get another one? or does it really matter what position its on?

[classicauto]

Thats the pickup tube for the engine. All the oil the oil pump sucks up and pumps through your motor comes through that tube.

Make sure its not too high up or you may have starvation problems with moderate oil levels.

If you're paranoid and not confident in your straightening job, by all means get another. You don't want to have that question mark in your mind when it goes back together.

[RETed]

I would recommend swapping it out.
Used parts like this come up regularly - people part out engines all the time.
Drop a WTB post in the Classifieds, and you should get a response rather quickly.

When you bend pipes like this, it is next to impossible to bend it back into place and massage the ID back to original.
This part is very important to the oil system, so no sense take any unnecessary risks.
classicauto has already mention the point about proper mount height, and this is very important too.
Too low and the oil pan crushes the wire mesh and can restrict the inflow.
Too high and starvation of the pick-up is increased due to oil sloshing around in the sump.


-Ted

[RotaryXperiment]

ok thanx guys i really appricate ur help, i will look for another. all are the same?

[RETed]

They should be all the same.
It should not matter if it's turbo or non-turbo.
The oil pan dimensions are all the same for all the FC's.


-Ted