Tapping sound

[Number4]

So nothing but questions today.

Got my engine back in my 94, got it all filled up with coolant fluid power stirring fluid all good to go.

I manually primed the oil pump with the engine out, then I turn the engine over quite a few times without any fuel to the engine.

Engine started right up ran just fine and then a tapping noise started. Oil pressure shows good but the check oil light is on. There's 5 quarts in a pan and a pan seems a little full on the dip stick.

The tapping almost sounds like the passenger valve cover, but then I went underneath the vehicle and it sounds like it's coming from underneath stronger. It actually sounds like it's coming from between the engine and trans. It's a manual transmission.

The oil pump I put in was a high flow Melling oil pump.

It's weird that it says check oil but shows good oil pressure.


Edit, tapping does not increase with throttle.

 

[natenkiki2004]

Does the tapping go away when warm? Does it go away when you put it in gear? Does it go away with the clutch in/out?

Check oil just means it's low or the sensor is unplugged/bad. You have pressure because you have oil but the oil level sensor says it's not enough. The point is to show the light before you run out of oil, as a way to say "shut the engine off before you cause damage".

 

[Number4]

I'm trying to bleed the clutch to no avail, so I've yet to see what happens with it in gear.

 

[Number4]

The noise went away and the oil light went off. Hopefully it wasn't a lack of oil pressure. Nothing I can do about it now. Engine runs and sounds good.

 

[Number4]

So, the oil light keeps coming on. Since putting it all together, it's gone a mile or two. Couldn't tell really but the dipstick looked almost overfilled. Wiped and dunked it a couple more times and it looked low. Went back to my invoice where I purchased the oil and filter. I bought 6 qts. of oil and had two left in the box. Dumped one more quart in the engine and the light went off.

What do you know [MENTION=241671]natenkiki2004[/MENTION], the light does what it's supposed to.

Love it when it's a simple thing.

 

[natenkiki2004]

Glad that's all it was.

I've found that the oil light is a very early warning. Like if I'm a pinch low, not even enough to worry about and I park sideways on a slope so the passenger side is downhill, that's enough to trigger the light. It might even come on at half a quart low.