Thanks for all who chimed in.

 

What message?

Low Oil Pressure?

if so that could be a few things not necessarily catastrophic....doubtful that the pump failed suddenly

you have low oil pressure with failure you would have heard it...trust me


make sure they SHOW you what they find....not just tell you

 

After seeing "low oil pressure" on the warning I switched to the gauges and it said "0 oil pressure".

I drove the car out of the garage and it was tapping then shut if off at the rear of the tow truck. Started it up again to drive up onto the flatbed and it was "ticking" and the car was starting to shake so shut it off immediately.

I asked the service advisor to give me the old pump so I can inspect it?

I can't believe the oil pump failed while sitting in the garage and not on the road?

 

Stuff happens on 14 year old cars. I heard about oil consumption issues on the '01's, maybe someone can comment if this is common or a known problem. $1700 seems high i guess it must be a difficult to change. Sorry, lets hope nothing got damaged.

 

Hmmm stranger things have happened. I wasn't certain it was the pump until you said it started ticking and tapping. Very well could be

 

The LS1 is a very reliable engine, but as with anything mechanical, occasionally things do happen. $1700 to repair it does seem high, especially if no other damage has been done. I think I would get another estimate for the repair from a shop you trust and compare. Good luck whatever you decide and hope it is nothing more serious.

 

It happened to me after getting off work late one night. I started drving home, and the driver alert and the ding ding thing went off, No oil pressure warning, and the gauge went to zero. I stopped, checked the oil, and it was full. I had talked to Bill Curlee later, but started it back up, and the engine sounded normal.
Drove it home, shut it off, started it back up and I had 40 pounds of oil pressure.
Then it went to zero.
I used my other car to go to the local O reilly's that is open late, and bought another oil pressure sender.
unplugged the old sender, and plugged in the new one. turned on the key. did not start it cause I did not install it.
This time the gauge went through the full gauge needle swing, and the Hud said zero as well. Next morning, Saturday, I took out the old one and installed the new one.
It lasted about 3 years.
Same thing, only I had 130 PSI oil pressure just turning the key on.
The one at O Reilly's is a lifetime part, and so far they have given me three of them for free.
You need a 1/2 inch ratchet, a foot long ratchet extension, and a 27MM deep socket and a 1/2 inch universal, and a piece of duct tape about 3/8 inch wide.
You need a coat hangar, and a long shank screwdriver and a really really bright flashlight.
1 removed both "corvette" coil covers, R & L then removed the left hand breather hose at the back of the left rocker cover. Grab it at the back of the left rocker cover, and reach around the back of the intake, and hang on to the hose it plugs into.
2. pull the short 10 inch hose out of the other one, pulling from the left side and lay it on the fresh air vent in front of the windshield.
3. Then get a flash light, and shine it down behind the intake. You will see the sender unit.
4. Then bend the coat hangar in a square U at one end, and hook it over the plastic clip on the sender connector and gently pull up on the coat hangar and the wire at the same time.
The connector will pop right off.
5. put the duct tape on one flat of the deep socket so the sender doesn't drop when removed, and then put the universal into the socket, then the extension on the universal, and fish it down onto the sender.
6. when it's on the sender, add the ratchet, and back it out.
7.Then look at where it came out, use a rag to carefully scrape away any dirt.
8. remove the old sender from the socket, and make sure the duct tape is still good, push the new sender into the socket and make sure it won't fall out.
9. snake the sender back to the hole in the block, and gently screw in the new sender, making sure it turns easily, and is not crossthreading.
10 when hand tight, add the ratchet again, and screw it in till it is snug, not really tight. There is hardly any torque at all called out for this unit because of the ease in which you can distort the body of the sender.
11. poke the connector down to the sender and using a long shank screwdriver, push the connector into the sender, and listen for the click. be gentle.
12. put the breather back in to position, grab the hose on the right, and with your left hand, push the hose into the hose at the back of the intake. Then push the little elbow back into the rocker cover.
13. put the coil covers back on
14. start it up and check your oil pressure.
I can get the sender out and back in, in about 20 minutes, and another 15 for the connector, hose and covers.


Next time this oil pressure thing happens, you will know what to do, and have a new sender ready.
If you actually have a failed oil pump or drive, I am very sorry for the rigamarole you are going through.
I have been in the "don't know" position a couple times, and it isn't a good feeling.
Good luck