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Old 05-06-2016, 10:29 AM   #68
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Originally Posted by qcman View Post
I don't think it was an actual oil pump problem but rather an issue of debris remaining in the block after machining. The debris was blocking the pick up tube and causing the the pumps to fail or something like that.

So unless the machining has improved which I don't believe has been confirmed it could very well plague all of our V8 cars especially the LS3's.
Would changing the 'break-in' oil at 500 miles and changing it two more times in the first 3000 miles possibly have drained a few chips? Seems like it could've helped.
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