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NA8 Oil Pump

Postby myredmx5 » Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:55 pm

I am rebuilding my NA8 engine and would like to know part number for the oil pump or do I just replace the warn parts?

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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby NitroDann » Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:37 am

Its extremely unlikely that the oil pump will be worm outside of specs.

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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby timk » Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:44 am

Just FYI you can use the BP6D (NB8B/SE) pump in earlier 1800s and it has more capacity.

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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby jerrah » Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:53 pm

Are oil pumps in BP motors an issue?

I'm going over my BP before I drop it in (water pump, timing belt etc).

Motor is a 2nd hand motor of unknown history but 'appears' to be low mileage.
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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby project.r.racing » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:06 am

oil pumps are not a known issue. probably on the the better things mazda got right on these engines.

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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby manga_blue » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:39 pm

Oil pumps fail if you often spin it up to around 8,000rpm and beyond. Race built motors often have forged internals for the oil pump. Otherwise normally no issues with an original OEM pump
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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby myredmx5 » Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:26 pm

Thanks for all your input.

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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby wozzah1975 » Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:30 pm

manga_blue wrote:Oil pumps fail if you often spin it up to around 8,000rpm and beyond. Race built motors often have forged internals for the oil pump. Otherwise normally no issues with an original OEM pump


The forged internals break too. This thread covers my approach to the fix
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=51179

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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby myredmx5 » Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:49 pm

wozzah1975 wrote:
manga_blue wrote:Oil pumps fail if you often spin it up to around 8,000rpm and beyond. Race built motors often have forged internals for the oil pump. Otherwise normally no issues with an original OEM pump


The forged internals break too. This thread covers my approach to the fix
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=51179

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Very helpfull.

Are the NA6 & NA8 oil pumps interchangeable?

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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby wozzah1975 » Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:35 pm

myredmx5 wrote:
wozzah1975 wrote:
manga_blue wrote:Oil pumps fail if you often spin it up to around 8,000rpm and beyond. Race built motors often have forged internals for the oil pump. Otherwise normally no issues with an original OEM pump


The forged internals break too. This thread covers my approach to the fix
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=51179

Cheers
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Very helpfull.

Are the NA6 & NA8 oil pumps interchangeable?


I'm not sure! Someone else may be able to tell you that,

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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby manga_blue » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:02 pm

Thanks Woz, I hadn't read all of the other thread until now but had always thought OEM pumps were good up to 8000. My car's redlined at 7600 and I take it all the way there routinely. All stock oil system. Now I'm wondering if I should I wind the limiter back a bit.
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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby project.r.racing » Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:24 pm

myredmx5 wrote:
wozzah1975 wrote:
manga_blue wrote:Oil pumps fail if you often spin it up to around 8,000rpm and beyond. Race built motors often have forged internals for the oil pump. Otherwise normally no issues with an original OEM pump


The forged internals break too. This thread covers my approach to the fix
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=51179

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Very helpfull.

Are the NA6 & NA8 oil pumps interchangeable?
not 100% on this, but there is a long nose and short nose pump. and the larger ones from the BPT familia GTR, not GTX found it's way into all BP from NA8/BA/KJ models onwards.

89-94 BG 323/Astina B6 BP
90-94 BG Familia BPT
94-98 BA/BHA 323/Astina Z5 B6 BP
90-94 KF/KH Laser/TX3 BP BPT
94-98 KJ Laser B6 BP
89-97 NA MX5 B6 BP
98-03 NB MX5 B6 BP BPT

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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby myredmx5 » Wed May 29, 2013 11:53 am

Are the NA6 & NA8 oil pumps interchangeable?

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Re: NA8 Oil Pump

Postby project.r.racing » Thu May 30, 2013 10:41 am

depends on the year of manufacture, ie long nose versus short nose.


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