Oil pumo

Asked by Robby Aug 07, 2016 at 01:03 PM

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My oil pump went out on my 93 honda civic , does
the oil pump going out cause the car to throw it's
self out of timing?

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101,585

KenF answered 7 years ago

It can and a lot more. Timing chain and sprockets need oil. So does the entire valve train and bottom end. No oil pressure = engine self destruct.

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