- 1. Oil pump (Renault-Europa) (score: 1)
- Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 09:01:47 -0500 (CDT)
- In the summer of '91, I bought a Europa. I wanted to check the frame, so I parked the car until I could take the body off. I dumped the oil hot, and let it drain and cool for a couple of hours. Then
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00524.html (10,154 bytes)
- 2. Oil pump (Renault-Europa) (score: 1)
- Author: paisley@central.bldrdoc.gov (Scott W. Paisley 303-497-7691)
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 93 10:43:20 MDT
- I dunno if this is how your oil pump is operated, but on the tr6, the oil pump and the distributor is run off a gear on the cam. If this your case, you could remove the distributor and poor some oil
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00554.html (8,280 bytes)
- 3. RE: Oil pump (Renault-Europa) (score: 1)
- Author: Even Krogstad <Even.Krogstad@teknologi.agderforskning.no>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 93 08:56:14 +0100
- I had the same problem with my Austin Healy 100-4. What i did was to put oil in the oil pressure meter outlet on the block. It worked. Even
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00560.html (7,422 bytes)
- 4. Re: Oil pump (Renault-Europa) (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 14:34:26 GMT
- Philip J Ethier's problem was: No -one has posted any ideas, so here's my two-penn'th: this seems a bit strange if the oil really could drain back wouldn't there be a non-return valve? _or_ wouldn't
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00579.html (8,313 bytes)
- 5. Re: Oil pump (Renault-Europa) (score: 1)
- Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 11:11:30 -0500 (CDT)
- Maybe. Whatever may exist to keep the oil from leaving the pump seems to work really well with a full sump (> two years) and not so well with an empty sump (< four days). One would think so, but I ha
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00588.html (9,654 bytes)
- 6. Re: Oil pump (Renault-Europa) (score: 1)
- Author: Cory Carpenter <coryc@sequent.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 09:41:39 -0700
- I checked the Renault R16 manual as well as the Europa manual when Phil first described his trouble: No dice. (Plenty of info on checking the pump-rotor clearance, cleaning the strainer, and compatib
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00593.html (8,368 bytes)
- 7. Re: Oil pump (Renault-Europa) (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Huang <ajh@diamond.idbsu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 11:09:57 -0600
- Here's to Mike, who is ALWAYS able to resuscitate a dead thread! Outside-in. I forget, is this the Ford or the Renault engine? In any case, this happens all the time on my Rabbit but the pipe just s
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00594.html (8,828 bytes)
- 8. Re: Oil pump (Renault-Europa) (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas.Fraser@Dartmouth.EDU (Douglas Fraser)
- Date: 29 Oct 93 13:20:00 EDT
- -- end of quoted material -- Yup... There might be some exceptions, bet every engine I've ever seen does it this way. There is more area for particle entrapment when coming in from the outside, and t
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00595.html (7,679 bytes)
- 9. Re: Oil pump (Renault-Europa) (score: 1)
- Author: timd@ptltd.com (Tim Dziechowski)
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 14:08:29 EDT
- If dual oil coolers had been installed in the sills at the factory, our cars would never rust. timd@ptltd.com (Tim Dziechowski - Phoenix Technologies - Cambridge, Mass) -- End Included Message --
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00599.html (7,732 bytes)
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