Oil pressure slowly dropping....worried!!!
09-19-2003, 09:52 PM
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Oil pressure slowly dropping....worried!!! Ive posted before about this but need you guys' opinions asap!!! i have a 98 Arctic white Z28 M6 w/63K miles...bought the car used 3months ago (ive performed all the typical bolt ons)...car is mint inside and out but noticed when changing the oil for the first time shavings on the drain bolt...changed it again and noticed the same thing...no knocking going on or anything..when i got it a few months ago, the oil pressure at idle cold was around 40-42psi....warm motor idle was about the same and cold going down the road was 40-55psi...over the past few weeks its only been around 36-38psi. at cold idle...warm idle its only 22-23psi!!!! driving when warm its only coming up to around 36-37psi...im really worried...im running part synthetic castrol 10W-40 too...should i run an autometer mech. guage and get a reading or swap oil pumps asap or what??? hope its not the bearings!!! 
09-22-2003, 08:30 AM
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Re: Oil pressure slowly dropping....worried!!! Do not drive the car; get a new oil pump immediately...
Another guy here last week ignored our warning and now has a dead motor....
The Gen 3 factory oil pumps are trash...a GM defect casues many to go bad....
Another guy here last week ignored our warning and now has a dead motor....
The Gen 3 factory oil pumps are trash...a GM defect casues many to go bad....
09-22-2003, 03:54 PM
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The Gen 3 factory oil pumps are trash...a GM defect casues many to go bad....
correction....the 97-00 factory oil pumps are trash. In 01 they hardened the gears to make them hold up.
97-00 = BAD
01+ = GOOD
09-29-2003, 12:14 PM
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Re: Oil pressure slowly dropping....worried!!! update...picked up a TSP ported LS6 oil pump, K&N oil filter, and Autometer mech. guage w/pillar pod for accurate reading...awaiting install...i hope this cures the problem...weird tho how the oil psi. has been slowly dropping off....bearing issue???
09-29-2003, 01:12 PM
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Re: Oil pressure slowly dropping....worried!!! IMO if your gonna do a oil pump might as well do a cam swap (since i did all of that 2 days ago)..might as well get something outof all that labor
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09-29-2003, 01:15 PM
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Re: Oil pressure slowly dropping....worried!!! Yeh and while your at it do a double roller timing chain for $80 - cheap insurance...
PARK THE CAR - NOW, HOWEVER!
PARK THE CAR - NOW, HOWEVER!
