just to let all you lovely ppl know we got pressure today after all your tips yesterday she finally pumped
a huge relief
now we got to get her started
fingers crossed guys

big thanks to all

solution was to cover pivckup with vaseline and fill pipe with oil
did take a while but we now got 40 psi yyiiiippppeeeeeeee

chris

[Edited on 22/1/09 by chris_smith]

what was wrong then??

Probably nothing wrong - x-flows can be very stubborn when trying to get oil pressure for the first time.

Oil pumps aren't very good at pumping air. Therefore when new they need to be primed or they can't suck up enough oil to get going. Oil is good for priming but getting it in there is a bit tricky! Filling with vaseline is a well known trick and works well....

another good trick is to use a piece of clear pipe pushed into the oil pressure sender thread hole and suck oil through before you try turning over the engine.

Cracking result, Chris..some types of pump need that little help after running totally dry (like 10 years of storage)..

Oh - I forgot to say - well done!

It is nice to see the pressure gauge rising and the oil light going out...