oil problems

YOU COULD USE SOME THICKER OILS OR ADDITIVES TO INCREASE OIL PRESSURE. BUT IT WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF MASKING IT YOU WILL DO MORE DAMAGE IT THE LONG RUN. IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THE OIL PUMP IT COULD BE WORN BEARINGS ECT... MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO REBUILD.

check the plug that attaches to the sender. Mine comes loose now and again. The gauge would drop all the way down when I goit on the gas. Kinda freaked me out at first...

bill302 said:

YOU COULD USE SOME THICKER OILS OR ADDITIVES TO INCREASE OIL PRESSURE. BUT IT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF MASKING IT YOU WILL DO MORE DAMAGE IT THE LONG RUN. IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THE OIL PUMP IT COULD BE WORN BEARINGS ECT... MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO REBUILD.

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Rebuild the engine cause of wierd oil pressure gauge behavior? Thats crazy talk. Thicker oils? I wouldn't run thicker oils in the winter if I were you.

Anyway, our stock oil sending units are notorious for crapping out, I've replaced mine and I know I'm not the only one. I would check or replace the oil sending unit first.

I know on my 2001 F150 that if its really cold out I need to blip the throttle to get the oil guage to "read" the sender when I start it up.

Adam

Black95GTS said:

Rebuild the engine cause of wierd oil pressure gauge behavior? Thats crazy talk. Thicker oils? I wouldn't run thicker oils in the winter if I were you.

Anyway, our stock oil sending units are notorious for crapping out, I've replaced mine and I know I'm not the only one. I would check or replace the oil sending unit first.

I know on my 2001 F150 that if its really cold out I need to blip the throttle to get the oil guage to "read" the sender when I start it up.

Adam

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oh o.k. i thought when buicknick said,"Sender unit seems to work" i thought he checked it" and i thought he determined the problem was worn oil pump and he was looking for a quick fix to hold him over till rebuild. thanks for pointing this out black95GTS. with that said heres some more info.

1. to test oil pressure switch, open hood and locate the switch.

2.disconnect the wire from the switch attach one end of a jumper wire to the terminal on the end of the wire ,then touch the other end of the jumper wire to a good engine ground (any bare metal surface) have an assistant observe the instrument guage cluster while you do this and tell you if the low oil warning lamp illuminates or not: the low oil lamp should illuminate if it does replace switch with new one.

3. if lamp does not illuminate, before jumping to a conclusion try a different area for grounding the jumper wire on the engine.if lamp still does not illuminate,touch wire to negative battery post. if lamp illuminates the problem lies in engine not being properly grounded. if lamp still does'nt illuminate connect the original wire to the oil pressure switch. while sitting in the vehicle,turn the ignition switch to the on position without actually starting the engine.observe the other lights on the instrument cluster.if all the other lights illuminate when turning the ignition switch on,the oil pressure switch is defective and must be replaced. if none of the other lights illuminate,there is a problem with power supply to the instrument cluster and guages.