When I first finished my RB build and was priming it, I had the same issues with the oil not moving in the engine. After a little research, found that there are commonly found issues with the installation of a new oil pump and getting an air lock in the pump. There is a procedure to turn the engine backward at the crank which applies a little reverse suction. In the end, I still wasn't seeing the oil traveling as far as needed. However, as soon as I fired the engine up for the first time, the oil immediately pushed the air lock and all was well. It boiled down to the RPMs not being high enough to get past the lock. Hope this helps
New Zealand advice from an RB owner/racer. Your battery needs to be at 100% the engine is not cranking fast enough. Another thing I have done is pressurize the sump with compressed air, that will assist the oil going up the pick up.
Filling the oil pump with petroleum jelly before installation is the best way to ensure that the pump has enough lubrication to create the seal that is needed to pick up oil on start up every time. Through my years of building engines I have found filling the car through the oil pressure switch hole under pressure using a engine priming tool ensures that the pump, all the galleries, the expensive turbo and all the bearings are seeing oil before cranking or start up. Instant oil pressure on start up......
I love all of the build videos. I like how we get to see most of the process and learn stuff while being entertained at the same time. I’ve always loved engines and cars and bikes
NissanHyoryuLyfe first off i wasnt talking to u. 2nd i watch all his vids. And yes I watched the last time he talked about it. “Some time back” since then hes bought a r32 and gave another update on the s15.....
JJM Most people do but it's a non stock engine you gotta make sure to crank that to A) make oil flow so your expensive mods don't get fucked and B) to actually start your baby up...
Venrox slip no.. towards the end he said he check the oil feed line and confirmed that the turbo wasn't getting oil . Without oil pressure u can crank all u want bud
Starter definitely sounds like some cylinder or cylinders are missing compression, it makes that uneven sound. Obviously while "running" it was only running on few cylinders, but that could be just spark timing issue...
I had this oil pressure issue with oil not getting anywhere when I finished my SR into my R32, my problem was the oil filter was bottoming out on the relocation block, make sure that isn’t your issue and then make sure your lines are around the correct way, hopefully it’s as simple as that, scary stuff I was stuck for 2 days wondering what was going on and I was stressed I done damage but I had my car idling for about a minute and it done no damage and still going strong after a year so try not to stress hope you sort it soon man keep up the good work
Title should have read, starting the "skylime"... Congrats Adam and Alberto! All the hard work and dedication is totally paying off! Keep at it! Much love and respect!
Oh my god I’m laughing so hard 😂😂😂😂 at 9:50 when big boost says “please don’t blow up” and Adam says “you’re scaring me should I open up the garage” big boost shrugs, covers one ear and let’s it rip 😂😂😂
The oil pump is cavitating. You need to fill the cooler and as much airspace as possible. A normal motor has a resistance between bearings to help with bleeding. You added 1.5 qt system atleast of pure air
Never commented before. Love the videos and wish I knew more to help out. Alberto is one of a kind and I feel your projects are helping him become even greater. Keep uploading and I'll keep watching.
double check the oil cooler/relocation lines are hooked up correctly, could be trying to force oil the wrong way through the filter, which the drain back valve would be preventing.
When cranking for a long duration of time you might want to add a charger to the battery. The starter draws a lot of amps and will kill it prematurely or at the very least shorten it's life span. BTW a/any starter is actually overpowering itself from the factory thus they aren't coping well with long cranking sessions, they'll overheat. Not to mention the ecu might need to see at least 12v to start sending out a spark signal. Funny hearing about Post Haste Performance, I know them as the Volvo tuners from Drifts and Lifts. There indeed is a whole lot of land in between you and them.
suzuki400boi and on top of that he has a real full time job, plus a baby. And he is a one man show to top it off, never seen anyone come to help him get it done.
All part of it man. You guys just need a good night rest and you’ll figure it out tomorrow. Good luck and can’t wait for the next vid to hear this thing. I love RBs
Cool man I had a 32 here in Australia I used to drift from about 2006 to 2012 in that car , mine had the 3lt bottom end out of our pre 89 model aus delivered skyline, this combo made well over 300kw unfortunately for me this was before everyone knew about the oil pump issues and the extended snout on the crank man did I blow some motors a bit similar to your sr20 dilemmas .
Reverse bleed the oil pump, probably wasnt packed with grease in the oil pump. Pump oil into the port that feeds the turbo on the block. And same with the port on the oil filter housing. Pump wont work if its just got air in it.
You Need to prime the oil pump. i used a fire extinguisher i put oil in it and compressed it then blow it into the oil pump through the oil filter block.
Some of the solutions/reasons Alberto finds and/or diagnoses for issues are just incredible to me. Like, how did you figure out that solution to the oil pump issue? That guy is some Rick Sanchez level mad scientist.
It's common on air- cooled VW with remote filters to have an air bubble in the lines that it can't pass through the engine. The fix is to break the lines open and spin the engine over until oil comes out, then do the line after the filter and then at the block. Tried this first PLEASE before you go taking it apart!!!!!!
Hopefully they used some awesome assembly lube. Maby an oil seal leak at the pump pulling vacuum instead of oil or a gross over use of gasket maker goo? Backwards oil lines or a defective oil pump? Sketchy..
You should hook up all the turn signals and wipers and stuff like that to the wrong things so when someone goes to drive it on road they don't know to use anything
Hey Adam, just a thought with the concern for damaging the oil cooler on the Skyline. I'd look into an oil accumulator, $300ish including fittings gives you a lot of peace of mind for anything from damaging the oil cooler to (heaven forbid) even oil pump failure or starvation
Pretty sure its an air lock, i had same issue after rebuild, got to prime the oil pump i did this by filling up the hole beside the oil filter thead until oil comes out. Hope this helps
Might have missed it but why didn't Alberto pre oil the engine and turbo. That's what we do on new engines cause chances are they are gonna Franck forever before starting. If the turbo spins like that with no oil in it as well it's bad on the turbo too.
If you pull your spark plugs, your oil pressure will build much faster. I have an rb26dett, without the plugs you'll see 30 psi. Less stress on the starter also.
I know you’re wanting to keep the car sorta stock on the inside, but since it is a 4 door car you should get 4 race seats and have the driver and passenger side front race seats but also put two race seats in the back so you can do mad drifts with 4 people. Idk I think that’d be both really funny but so cool😂😂
Make sure the Cam Caps are on correctly, I've had issue's with RB's not building Oil Pressure amd being difficult to turn out, and all it was, was a Cam Cap on backwards. Good Luck
considering how much it was already spinning while cranking i"m reeally curious to see how the turbo will respond when tuned but that whole issue with no oil circulating isn't to serious, maybe missing a gasket for the oil pick up? who knows.
The track is going to make you put in an external electric switch for your battery because of the relocation. At least it does here in Utah. But an awesome video nonetheless!
