I was driving my 96 today and the oil pressure was low at idle and when I accelerated it picked up then after driving for about 10 mins it stayed low. slight ticking coming from my engine. I had changed the oil today. Any help would be appreciated.




Thanks

 

You need to verify the pressure w/ a mechanical gauge. Go from there.

If you have access to another vehicle you may want to drive it in the meantime.

 

Did you use some cheapie filter like Fram, STP etc?

 

I was originally going to ask the same question but didn't want to overwhelm him 'til he knew pressure reading.

 

Whack the oil sender with the filter wrench?

 

If you're pointing out that he may have damaged the sender while changing the filter and that may be why he has no pressure, yes, I did consider that possibility.

Hopefully he comes back to let us know the answers...

 

....how many quarts did you put in? did you use an engine flush? Is this the first time you noticed this?

 

Mine was lying to me a couple of weeks ago. It was suddenly scary low. But the engine didn't act like it. I bought a Bosch mechanical gauge for 17 bucks from Autozone, and found I had 60 pounds at 2100, 40 at idle.

The guage went back to a more normal reading after I reinstalled the same sensor. Go figure.