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99% of the time, replacing the oil pump and screen is a wasted effort.
I've been working on cars for almost 15 years now, only once have I ever replaced an oil pump and have it fix an oil pressure problem. It was an oddball, oil pump ran off the front of the crank, that model had a lot of failures.
Generally, even if the oil pump is the cause, by the time you hear *anything* the damage has already been done. Even without oil pressure, the engine doesn't knock, the lifters tap.
The engine will have to be rebuilt, at the very least, new bearings, cam bearings, probably a cam and a crank kit.
I've been working on cars for almost 15 years now, only once have I ever replaced an oil pump and have it fix an oil pressure problem. It was an oddball, oil pump ran off the front of the crank, that model had a lot of failures.
Generally, even if the oil pump is the cause, by the time you hear *anything* the damage has already been done. Even without oil pressure, the engine doesn't knock, the lifters tap.
The engine will have to be rebuilt, at the very least, new bearings, cam bearings, probably a cam and a crank kit.
