302 Oil Pump Direction
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302 Oil Pump Direction
What is the correct direction the oil pump turn should on a 1998 5.0? I am in the process of priming the engine after a rebuild but I don't get any pressure reading at the gauge or from the pressure gauge fitting at the side of the engine where the gauge tube connects. I am turning the oil pump shaft clockwise with my drill motor as the motor builder said to do. I can hear the oil in the pan sloshing as the pump is turning so I know something is happening in there. I have been told it should take only a few seconds to maybe a minute to get pressure built up. My last session of turning the pump went on for several minutes with no pressure. Should this pump be turning counter-clockwise as I have read in some postings? If it should be turned counter-clockwise and I have been turning it clockwise, am I doing any damage to it?
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From: south louisiana
Counterclockwise. turning it clockwise will do nothing to the pump.
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