How Quickly Should I have Oil Pressure after Replacing Oil Pump?

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by Turbo1dr

I agree with you about putting *a little* grease on the gears and squishing it out. It's the novice engine builders that you need to be very specific about telling them about how to do things. Even though you know how much to apply to be safe, they will probably just fill it full of grease and let it ride. You're not teaching just a couple of kids on your block...this forum reaches out to the World with thousands of readers that are just learning.

You couldn't get enough grease in there to plug or even restrict the oil filter if you tried. Completely idiot-proof, impossible to put too much grease in there. Nobody has ever plugged an oil filter putting grease in the oil pump and nobody ever will.