noisy oil pump(its new)

[tberk@mindspring.com (T Berk)]

Robbie Cotner wrote:
> 
> I just got my new Febi/Bilstein oil pump in the mail, bought it off
> Ebay.  By all appearances it is brand-new, but when I move the shaft
> back and forth it goes "tick tick tick", I assume this is the two
> gear-things hitting eachother.  Also when I spin the shaft in one
> direction it still goes "click click click".  Is this normal?  It
> has no oil in it yet-
> 
> Rob
> 

There is a test for 'lash' in the Bentley that should bring you piece
of mind.

TBerk