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Ive got a real problem here. I was sitting at the wendys drive through tonight, and I noticed my oil pressure guage slowly dropping down. It would kinda fluctuate up, down, up, down, it did it fairly quickly but each time it went down it would go down further, and when it went up it didnt go up as high as the previous time. It did this for two - three minutes while I was waiting for my food and freakin out the whole time. I was listening to the sound of the engine bouncing off the brick wall of the buliding and it sounded just fine. Just like it always does. So I drive it home and it sits at about 40 psi, except for when I stop of course, where it just drops straight back to zero. So I get home (maybe a mile away) it did fine the whole way home, I cutit off and wait a few minutes, check the oil and its got plenty of it. Its dirty cuz it need to be changed but its almost at the top of the crosshatch area on the dipstick. So I look down into the opening where the oil cap is. Can see one of the rocker arms and theres plenty of oil there. So I start it up and watch, it seems fine to me, still sounds just like it always does. Rev the gas a few times and watch the guage pick up to about 40 psi and drop right back to zero. I duno if its the gauge the sender or the pump. Is ther a way to test the pump? When it cools off im gonna pull the valve cover and start it to see if it flings oil everywhere. I duno waht the hel to think here. Any help is much appreciated. HELP, PLEASE!!
Ive got a real problem here. I was sitting at the wendys drive through tonight, and I noticed my oil pressure guage slowly dropping down. It would kinda fluctuate up, down, up, down, it did it fairly quickly but each time it went down it would go down further, and when it went up it didnt go up as high as the previous time. It did this for two - three minutes while I was waiting for my food and freakin out the whole time. I was listening to the sound of the engine bouncing off the brick wall of the buliding and it sounded just fine. Just like it always does. So I drive it home and it sits at about 40 psi, except for when I stop of course, where it just drops straight back to zero. So I get home (maybe a mile away) it did fine the whole way home, I cutit off and wait a few minutes, check the oil and its got plenty of it. Its dirty cuz it need to be changed but its almost at the top of the crosshatch area on the dipstick. So I look down into the opening where the oil cap is. Can see one of the rocker arms and theres plenty of oil there. So I start it up and watch, it seems fine to me, still sounds just like it always does. Rev the gas a few times and watch the guage pick up to about 40 psi and drop right back to zero. I duno if its the gauge the sender or the pump. Is ther a way to test the pump? When it cools off im gonna pull the valve cover and start it to see if it flings oil everywhere. I duno waht the hel to think here. Any help is much appreciated. HELP, PLEASE!!
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