So on the way home from work i was stopped at a light and looked down and saw my oil pressure was hovering a little above 20 psi.... so i gave it a tap of the gas and it shot up to over 40 where is used to be... i have already been through one pump. So... i get home check the oil and it is just a hair low... so i went to restart it and the oil pressure needle never moved..... my car only has 50k miles the first pump went out at 20k so now it looks like im on pump number 3.

so does it sound like my pump is bad again or something else?

 

I would hook a mechanical gauge to it. I have never trusted factory gauges. Just a thought.

 

Do these cars not have a fuel pump triggered off of the OP sending unit? I swore my old firebird would not fire up if it didn't see oil pressure.

 

no it started up last time it had no oil pressure and it was the pump... but this pump only has 30k on it...this is the only problem i have had outta this car so far...

 

Definitely check the pressure with a mechanical gauge first of course, then it looks like you might be pulling the pump again...

 

i put a new pump on and it fixed the problem looks like the bypass valve stuck open...

 

Good to hear it's fixed. That's scary though, one of my biggest fears is losing the pump.

 

Yea its the second time its happend. luckly i caught it again.

 

same thing happened with my brand new SLP oil pump bypass stuck open and locked my motor up.