No oil pressure???
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From: Longview, TX
No oil pressure??? Just finished getting my car back on the road, new exhaust, opti, tranny front seal, and subframes.
While driving home i take off from a stop sign and car gets way down on power, i mean way down, look at gauges and it is running a little hot but the oil pressure is steady dropping till it gets to 0. Turn the car off, check underhood, oil is still good on stick, get my EWP to turn back on (short), and crank the car. sounded like a high compression motor turning over (really slow), cranks. Making some new noises while cranking but not while running.
Pull back on highway, Still wayyyyy down on power, does not want to shift, it ran way up in the RPM's before it would shift, still had oil pressure at this point. go about 1/4 mile like this and the oil pressure is steady dropping.
After killing and restarting several times (i won't run it with 0 oil pressure) i made it to the house. I think the oil pump may be giving up? Maybe it is locking up causing my no power issue and low oil pressure?
SSDD
While driving home i take off from a stop sign and car gets way down on power, i mean way down, look at gauges and it is running a little hot but the oil pressure is steady dropping till it gets to 0. Turn the car off, check underhood, oil is still good on stick, get my EWP to turn back on (short), and crank the car. sounded like a high compression motor turning over (really slow), cranks. Making some new noises while cranking but not while running.
Pull back on highway, Still wayyyyy down on power, does not want to shift, it ran way up in the RPM's before it would shift, still had oil pressure at this point. go about 1/4 mile like this and the oil pressure is steady dropping.
After killing and restarting several times (i won't run it with 0 oil pressure) i made it to the house. I think the oil pump may be giving up? Maybe it is locking up causing my no power issue and low oil pressure?
SSDD
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i had the same problem i took my caar out one night and oil pressure droped to 0 at idle then it was about 5 psi at 3000rpms i knew it was fried it had no power what so ever. took it apart and spun 2 mains and 6 rods in the process of rebuilding it now. Trending Topics
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When are you going to drain the oil? I am curious to know what it is sounds pretty strange. Ohh what transmission do you have? Never mind from your first post i take it it's auto.
