HELP! 5.3 swap oil pan hitting pickup tube
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HELP! 5.3 swap oil pan hitting pickup tube
Hey everyone,
I just built a 5.3 truck motor and got the whole top end together. I had ordered a new oil pan and pickup tube for an 98-02 camaro thinking everything would bolt up fine. However, after modifying the windage tray and getting the pickup tube mounted the pan is hitting the tube causing it to have a gap at the front of the motor about half an inch.
What am i missing?
Is the truck oil pump different than the car and causing the issue?
Is the pickuptube i ordered defective?
Pretty sure the oil pan is correct.
If anyone else has had this issue please send tips!
Thanks!
I just built a 5.3 truck motor and got the whole top end together. I had ordered a new oil pan and pickup tube for an 98-02 camaro thinking everything would bolt up fine. However, after modifying the windage tray and getting the pickup tube mounted the pan is hitting the tube causing it to have a gap at the front of the motor about half an inch.
What am i missing?
Is the truck oil pump different than the car and causing the issue?
Is the pickuptube i ordered defective?
Pretty sure the oil pan is correct.
If anyone else has had this issue please send tips!
Thanks!
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Re: HELP! 5.3 swap oil pan hitting pickup tube
I would say double check the pickup tube. All I had to do was swap over the fbody stuff and it was done. Maybe they sent you the wrong pickup tube?
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Re: HELP! 5.3 swap oil pan hitting pickup tube
What windage tray are you using why did you have to modify it? Is the pickup tube set in the oil pump correctly?
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Re: HELP! 5.3 swap oil pan hitting pickup tube
I notched the pan for the pickup tube to mount. Guys I feel like such a noob, I realized that i needed to cut the truck pan. Everything bolted up perfect after that. I will post pictures soon
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Re: HELP! 5.3 swap oil pan hitting pickup tube
The truck pan has a deeper sump but but it is not as wide (from the side) as the f-body pan. Meaning, the f-body pickup will not be in the ideal spot with a truck pan and will hit the floor of the pan. The f-body pan is fairly square from front to back with the truck pan being very L-shaped (side view again) I would buy an f-body pan and or get a truck pickup tube (super cheap). I wouldn't try to make a hybrid of the two.
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Re: HELP! 5.3 swap oil pan hitting pickup tube
I modified the truck windage tray to work with the f body tube and pan. THe tray originally was too long and was hitting the bottom of the f body pan. Once cut to length it bolted right up with no issues