LOW oil Pressure???
LOW oil Pressure??? Ok so My oild pressure is fine at cold idle. but warm idle its close to zero. right above the red mark. I have been told its the pickup too. is this true? also I drove it a couple times probley about 20 like this and people said it will cause my bearings to do but won't I be able to hear that? It makes NO noise at all and runs perfect. the car has 179k on it.
Only way to tell is to look at it man. Bearings can wear out and cause this and it will run fine until something big happens, such as spun bearing or thrown rod. Id pull the pan and replace the pump and pickup and go from there, it aint fun but it could save your motor.
Have you had a mechanical gauge on it yet?
Have you had a mechanical gauge on it yet?
Only way to tell is to look at it man. Bearings can wear out and cause this and it will run fine until something big happens, such as spun bearing or thrown rod. Id pull the pan and replace the pump and pickup and go from there, it aint fun but it could save your motor.
Have you had a mechanical gauge on it yet?
Have you had a mechanical gauge on it yet?
Just fyi, When my pickup fell off my pressure at idle was around 10-15, but if I stopped fast it would go all the way down to zero and my check gauges light would come on, if I stopped slow it would just go down to around 10.
my check gauges light comes on every once and awhile. How hard is it to fix the pickup? should I weld it on?
I had my pickup tack welded onto my pump just for extra security. Pickup was a pain in the *** to fix. I had to jack my motor up and drop the k member to get the pan all the way out, which most people with automatics dont have to drop the k member but i had to.
Easy way to check if your pickup fell off is to drain the oil and stick a metal wire or something into the oil drain and see if anything is sliding around in there.
Easy way to check if your pickup fell off is to drain the oil and stick a metal wire or something into the oil drain and see if anything is sliding around in there.
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I had my pickup tack welded onto my pump just for extra security. Pickup was a pain in the *** to fix. I had to jack my motor up and drop the k member to get the pan all the way out, which most people with automatics dont have to drop the k member but i had to.
Easy way to check if your pickup fell off is to drain the oil and stick a metal wire or something into the oil drain and see if anything is sliding around in there.
Easy way to check if your pickup fell off is to drain the oil and stick a metal wire or something into the oil drain and see if anything is sliding around in there.
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Verdad Gallardo If the bearings are shot you can buy a whole rebuild kit from summit for 500 bucks i think, then you have to add any machine work and labor you will need.
The pump should come with a new pickup.
The pump should come with a new pickup.
I cant answer that one for ya, just depends on how wild of a build you go with and who does it. I doubt you could do a 383 bottom end for less than 2000 dollars though.
It may be the oil pump though, after I changed mine I went from 10-15 psi at idle to over 20.
It may be the oil pump though, after I changed mine I went from 10-15 psi at idle to over 20.
lol. I accutally Had to start driving the toyota truck I have because so many people know my red third gen and people were stopping all the time to talk or try and run me. LOL. 