Jedidiah

My timing chain has gone out and now my oil pan and pickup is full of plastic bits.
I bought a nice Cloyes set to replace it.

Should I just get a new pickup or should I go ahead and get a nice new pump?

I don't want some crappy Chinese repro part, and the Melling pumps seem like quality parts.

If I were to go ahead and purchase a Melling M22FHV pump to replace the stock pump, do you think my bottom end would starve on a stock '72 350?

Jedidiah

More information you may need to know.

The car has approximately 77k miles on it (maybe less, it had undersized tires on it for like 12 years)

It maintains 50 psi of oil pressure on the highway and about 20-25 at a redlight.

olds 307 and 403

You can reuse the oil pump, just clean out the pick up really well. A high volume pump won't starve your engine but isn't necessary.

Jedidiah

OK thanks. Should I go ahead and replace the oil pump driveshaft while I'm at it?

Olds64

I would never replace the oil pump driveshaft unless it was damaged. It is just a rod that goes from the bottom of the distributor to the oil pump.

oldcutlass

X2 on above and you can also reuse your oil pump drive.

Jedidiah

OK. I'll just clean out my current pickup. Thanks for the replies.

joe_padavano

Oh, not again...

The HV pump will NOT "suck the pan dry".

Jedidiah

I found a nice thread about the HV pump on here just before you posted. I should have mentioned that in my previous post. Thanks for the reply anyway.