A mate of mine came around this morning to pick up some parts and he is a diesel mechanic he was saying he has rebuilt a couple of 2H motors that had acceptable wear in the oil pumps but cranking would not prime the pumps.The only way was to start the motor as when the wear in the pump is evident they do not pick up the oil when empty but need run speed to get the oil through the pump.He said to tell you to fill the oil filter before fitting it as I said before and try running it for 10 to 15 seconds.He feels it should pick it up by then or else the pump needs to be pull down and measured up.Then do a vasoline pack if its within tolerances.. I used a small mirror to look into my bore on my pump and then used some 600 wet and dry wrapped around a marking pen to clean it up.Same with the bore on the filter pressure valve. The original pistons from Toyota are about $15.00 , spring $4 to $5.00 from memory. The replacement pistons are 5mm longer, this holds them square on in the bore and allows the oil past and to seal against the end of the bore.As the worn piston turns on the angle where its worn and does not sit square on. I paid $85.00 for my piston and spring when I did mine but prices now have come down app around $50.00 to $75.00 depending who you buy from.The spring for both pistons is the same spring the longer piston only has a longer skirt. My piston was jammed and I had to start the motor to blow it out, I could not pull it out by hand. If the housing is removed and the bore lightly oiled the piston should just slide down the bore under its own weight.cruiserland said:Yes Big Brown, I am going to start there. I have found a source for the new and improved extended relief valve, price does seem high. Can you get these or point me in a direction? I may be inclined to purchase several. I have an hj60 with chronic filter leak, sounds like yours.
I still can't see my valve sticking open, the scoring doesn't seem deep enough, and it does move fairly easily, but it is possible. will try to stick my eyeball in there to look for any scratches or ridges.
oil pumps thru filter first, then cooler right?
Thanks for help all
Re the leaking oil filter.. My filter leaked because the pressure in the pump bent the filter blowing the rubber oil seal the filter is the weakest point in high oil pressure It also split where the pressed seam is. It took 2 hours to get it off while being soaked with hot dirty oil.Was sure glad my son helped me, never again.LOL.