Oil blockage due to stop leak products

[strop.tgrant]

My latest drama was with an oil leak which was repaired, Unfortunatly water contanination in oil system lifted crud from inside of motor. the water problem resolved but unfortunatly due to the fact that I used a stop leak product it has built up in the oil pick up in the Sump. This is a design fault with what looks like a cup covering part of the pick up. This is proving to be a pain in the ass as I have changed the oil and the filter 3 times in the last 2 weeks. If any one has an Idea how I may be able to unblock the pick up with out pulling out the Sump. It would be so appreciated.

[mmcleo11]

Its definitely not a design fault, they design them like that for a reason

Easiest way is to take it to a reputable mechanic, drain the oil, then remove the oil pressure switch and using a special oil pump that most good mechanics have these days for priming engines(pressurised oil in a old gas bottle) it pumps oil under pressure into the oil galleries. If you have no oil in the sump, the pressure will force the crud back out of the filter screen and into the sump. Of course, now that the crud is loose it will probably find its way back to the oil pickup eventually.

Hence why I would just drop the sump, simpler and faster and you can remove all of the other crud in the sump and check the engine bearings cause no doubt the lack of oil pressure and flow has probably damaged them