oil pressure drop & "check gages" light when hard stop?
08-30-2004, 07:20 PM
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Re: oil pressure drop & "check gages" light when hard stop?
Look, the simplest explanation is that your oil level is low and upon hard breaking, the oil in the pan is sloshing forward and uncovering the pump's pickup.
Think of a pickup as being an oil pumps "drinking straw".
Perhaps your car has an aftermarket pan or dipstick and you is reading inaccurately, leading you to believe that the oil level is fine, when in fact it's low.
Think of a pickup as being an oil pumps "drinking straw".
Perhaps your car has an aftermarket pan or dipstick and you is reading inaccurately, leading you to believe that the oil level is fine, when in fact it's low.
08-30-2004, 07:52 PM
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Re: oil pressure drop & "check gages" light when hard stop?
I'd drain the oil and fill it up with the recomended amount to see for sure if the right amount of oil is in there, and also note how much oil you drain out first.
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08-30-2004, 11:22 PM
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Re: oil pressure drop & "check gages" light when hard stop?
Another thing you might wanna try is drain the oil and get a rubber mallet and crack the pan a few times. See if you hear the pickup bounce around. My 89 formula did this, I'm pretty sure thats whats wrong. They're just pressed in, I think I hit something and it knocked it loose. Put another quart of oil in it for now and fix it soon.
09-15-2004, 12:58 PM
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Re: oil pressure drop & "check gages" light when hard stop?
mine's doing the SAME thing right now...it started doing it a few days ago...when the oil's very full, it wont really do that, but when it's a little lower, it will.
oil pickup...i'll have to check into that.
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oil pickup...i'll have to check into that.
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09-15-2004, 03:53 PM
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Re: oil pressure drop & "check gages" light when hard stop?
Originally Posted by Timmys88Z
BTW, it sure was the oil pump pick up. drained the oil, hit the pan, heard it banging around.
$500 later it was fixed.
$500 later it was fixed.
forgive my ignorance, but doesnt an oil pan gasket cost considerably less than $500?
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