Low OIL Pressure
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Low OIL Pressure
OK, so I am having this problem with my car. Oil pressure is good when I start it up then about 25-30 min into my ride oil pressure starts to drop at idle. I was sitting at a stoplight. when i'm on the gas I have no problem but when im not pressure drops. lowest I seen was about 12. not sure if the motor is about to blow but it sounds fine and no weird noises. oh and the oil pump is new. I just bought the oil pressure switch and im going to change that out. hope thats it ` thanks for the input ! 
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My 87 was doing the same thing. Pressure went down to 0 at idle. Hooked up a mechanical gage and it read 59 when my dashboard gage read under 10 cold. Replaced the sender and all is well. Looking at the old sender unit I could see where it was leaking where the wire connection goes into the main body.
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ok, so my problem was a main bearing.
I pulled the motor and the front main bearing was toast. got a new short block that was built and it is a beast.
thank you for the relpys and I hope this helps
I pulled the motor and the front main bearing was toast. got a new short block that was built and it is a beast.
thank you for the relpys and I hope this helps
