No oil pressure at start up, 2001 Tahoe

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Ended up being the oil pickup grommet failed. About an $8 grommet did all this. Fixed it, I have some other posts...


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Ended up being the oil pickup grommet failed. About an $8 grommet did all this. Fixed it, I have some other posts...


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k, have my fingers crossed. I did see some video's where they unbolted shaft housing from the cv joint, it was enough for the diff to drop without dropping it more. Did you try that? I have had to do this in my other one, the hardest part was putting the diff back up.
 

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There was another post that said this could be done without dropping the diff. So, probably could be done. I just chose to pull it all down and power through since it was all pretty easy to get to.


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Had the same low oil pressure problem at start up and slowly built as it warmed up, pulled the front off and changed the oil pump and o-ring, found the o-ring flattened and cracked so that was probably the culprit but with 219k on the engine a high volume pump was a logical choice since I had it apart, did the water pump and thermostat at the same time. 60# at start up now and 210 on the temp and shes very happy now!!
 

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Had the same low oil pressure problem at start up and slowly built as it warmed up, pulled the front off and changed the oil pump and o-ring, found the o-ring flattened and cracked so that was probably the culprit but with 219k on the engine a high volume pump was a logical choice since I had it apart, did the water pump and thermostat at the same time. 60# at start up now and 210 on the temp and shes very happy now!!
Why did you go with the HP pump? I read that you do it if your not building up enough oil pressure, is there really any down side? I have the pan off right now. On the 6.0 with electric fans, is it that much more work to do the pump or is it still a ***** to do? Kind of 50/50 on this. Only reason is that the pan is such a pain with diff, although I finally got smart and got a tranny jack.
 

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You've got to take the front off. I looked at an oil pump too, wish I could have done that at the same time. I was just trying to get the rig back up, given it was my wife's only ride to truck around our kids...


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You've got to take the front off. I looked at an oil pump too, wish I could have done that at the same time. I was just trying to get the rig back up, given it was my wife's only ride to truck around our kids...


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Yeah, I am committed. I dropped the pan last night. The o-ring did not look that bad. Taking the front off. IMG_3422.JPGIMG_3422.JPG IMG_3422.JPGIMG_3424.JPGIMG_3422.JPG IMG_3427.JPGIMG_3424.JPG IMG_3422.JPG
 

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You've got to take the front off. I looked at an oil pump too, wish I could have done that at the same time. I was just trying to get the rig back up, given it was my wife's only ride to truck around our kids...


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Damn kids.
 

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Kids got things to do! Places to be! Lol


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Ok, so I can't get a GM puller, so the Chrysler one will have to do. Since I am removing the starter, thoughts on replacing it? It's the original, do these usually last forever and very reliable?
 

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