Spoiler Alert: Without proper lubrication, your freshly-built LS engine won’t stay fresh for very long. So it’s absolutely vital that you select a quality oil pump and install it the correct way.

And that’s precisely what the engine building professionals with All Chevy Performance intend to show you here.

Starting with a trusty Melling oil pump, the techs not only cover the oil pump installation, they demonstrate how to swap springs to ensure the oil pump delivers the right amount of volume and pressure that your LS engine needs.

This video is part of an LS engine build series from In The Garage Media. You can see more of these engine building tutorials here.

In just about four minutes you’ll learn how to install an oil pump over the crank snout of an LS engine, along with the proper torque procedure to make sure it provides years of hassle-free operation.