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i have seen that before,, but the oil lite should come on, at least on the ones that i have seen it was on..

 

On earlier 4-cyl. the oil pump is driven by the rear balance shaft through a gear connection. If the balancer belt (smaller of the two belts) were misintalled, and the rear balance shaft was not turning, you would have no oil pump pressure. However, the engine oil light should have come on immediately.

good luck

 

I agree with dh that you should not have gone ahead and replaced your engine. You should have given that shop time to assess the problem and fix it on their own. Their liability insurance will likely handle this, and it is not going to look good that you replaced the engine before you even told them about the problem.

Good luck

 

well if he didnt have another car, he would have no choice but to fix it to get to work and back.

 

Here is the oil pump assemblyfor a 00 Accord 4 cyl.:


Here's one from a 92 that has had the crank seal removed (notice the provisions in the oil pump gear with which the crank must mate) :


Closeup of the area that is normally obscured by the crank seal that better shows those provisions:


End of crank showing pulley area with keyway (red arrow), crank seal surface (black arrow), and oilpump surface with flat area to mate withoil pump gear (yellow):


Back of the oil pump assembly showing plate over oil pump gear:


Exploded view of 92oil pump assembly showing oil gear (12), gear ring (13), and cover plate (9):


Photo of oil pump gears for Acura that are probably very similar to that of Accord:


Direction of oil flow through oil pump assembly (I think):


By it's almost bullet-proof design, if the pan had adequate oil in it, and the pickup flowed freely, I very much doubt if replacing the belts, sealsand water pump would cause the oil distribution system to fail. That being said, however, I find it almost impossible to believe that the timing job and bearing failure are unrelated. That's far too much coincidence for me to swallow in one gulp.

 

thanks for the pictures tony - that was a great help. i agree that it is too conincidental. but i am having a hard time figuring out theconnection between what the shop did and how it could have caused the oil pressure to go away?

 

That is exactly what I'd be doing first thing - checking the condition of the oilpan.

Did you drain the oil when you removed the engine? If so, exactly how much was in there?

Was the oilfilter damaged, by any chance?

If you still have access to the engine, you can remove the oil pan andcheck the oil pick-up for debris that may have plugged it.

Good luck.