| Re: Oil pump failure? |
Subject: Re: Oil pump failure? by Danspeed1 on 2014/4/25 3:35:39 Yea, Why not. Still chasing this issue. I had all but given up and was convinced that the oil pump had gone bad. Car sat all winter until 2 days ago when i got the nerve to change the oil. I changed the oil, added a can of sea foam, pulled the fuel pump relay and cranked it over. As soon as I cranked it I got oil pressure. Put the relay back in and ran it. Ran it for almost 20 minutes, with steady oil pressure around 45psi cold and 33 psi hot. Changed the oil again, and took it out for a ride. 25 miles later, no issues. The next day (yesterday) I woke up and decided to take the car to work. I made it one block. Oil pressure was at 50 psi at about 2K rpms... then the car started to bong and the oil pressure gauge was at zero. Killed the car and coasted to a stop. Restarted the car and was back at 50psi. Made it another block same thing. Killed it and then quickly restarted it. Oil pressure again. I don't have the balls to run it with the gauge reading zero, but that is the only way I am really going to know if its just the sending unit, or if its a bad pump. One thing I will say was after changing the oil yesterday I could swear the pan looked like it had sparkles in it. But I can't be sure it wasn't my imagination. DG |
