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<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="99%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#000000"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr bgcolor="#000099"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="2" color="#ffffff" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>T O P I C R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>1994steeda</b> <br /><small>Member # 6127</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,16,20,44,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Well today,<br />My 1994 Gt's oil pressure Gauge was going crazy and jumping all over the place when my car was ilding. I check the oil level and the connection to the sender and all looks good. <br /><br />Could my pump be bad? how do i find out if its bad before it's too late?<br /><br />or<br /><br />Could my Gauge just be bad? <br /><br />1994steeda <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" /> <br />Thanks <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>5LiterSpeeder</b> <br /><small>Member # 8234</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,16,20,53,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Maybe try your sending unit first. I had a similar problem and it was a cheap easy fix. Good luck <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>JohnB</b> <br /><small>Member # 969</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,16,21,3,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> ...or the connection/wiring to the sending unit. If the connector is loose, it will act like this... <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Blind</b> <br /><small>Member # 3052</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,16,21,26,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> oil pumps do not go bad, it's 95% the sending unit or related wiring. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>90FoX</b> <br /><small>Member # 1974</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,16,23,26,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Blind:<br /><strong> oil pumps do not go bad, it's 95% the sending unit or related wiring. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Lol my oil pump seized on me. They <b>do</b> go bad. There is a "drive shaft" for the oil pump that goes up into the block I think the distributor spins the the shaft(or some gear) and when the shaft turns it runs the oil pump. Either way when the pump seized the gear that turns the shaft kept twisting the shaft for the pump until it snapped into my oil pan!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <br /><br />When I removed it, it looked like a spiral stairway<br /><br />Here is the shaft I'm talking about lying next to the oil pump<br /><br /> <img src="http://a763.g.akamai.net/7/763/1644/4/app.infopia.com/img/image/fp/VPID/6516545/img4/img.jpg" alt=" - " /><br /> <br /> <small>[ July 16, 2009, 11:30 PM: Message edited by: 90FoX ]</small> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>1994steeda</b> <br /><small>Member # 6127</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,17,0,39,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> thanks guys, i myslef am leaning to a connection or sender, it still reads oil pressure when it wants to.<br /><br />1994steeda <img border="0" alt="[patriot]" title="" src="graemlins/patriot.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Blind</b> <br /><small>Member # 3052</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,17,1,55,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 90FoX:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Blind:<br /><strong> oil pumps do not go bad, it's 95% the sending unit or related wiring. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Lol my oil pump seized on me. They <b>do</b> go bad. There is a "drive shaft" for the oil pump that goes up into the block I think the distributor spins the the shaft(or some gear) and when the shaft turns it runs the oil pump. Either way when the pump seized the gear that turns the shaft kept twisting the shaft for the pump until it snapped into my oil pan!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <br /><br />When I removed it, it looked like a spiral stairway<br /><br />Here is the shaft I'm talking about lying next to the oil pump<br /><br /> <img src="http://a763.g.akamai.net/7/763/1644/4/app.infopia.com/img/image/fp/VPID/6516545/img4/img.jpg" alt=" - " /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">pumps seize because metal shavings from the bearings get in them and cause them to bind up, the pump itself was not the cause of your failure. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>90FoX</b> <br /><small>Member # 1974</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,17,2,12,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Blind:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 90FoX:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Blind:<br /><strong> oil pumps do not go bad, it's 95% the sending unit or related wiring. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Lol my oil pump seized on me. They <b>do</b> go bad. There is a "drive shaft" for the oil pump that goes up into the block I think the distributor spins the the shaft(or some gear) and when the shaft turns it runs the oil pump. Either way when the pump seized the gear that turns the shaft kept twisting the shaft for the pump until it snapped into my oil pan!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <br /><br />When I removed it, it looked like a spiral stairway<br /><br />Here is the shaft I'm talking about lying next to the oil pump<br /><br /> <img src="http://a763.g.akamai.net/7/763/1644/4/app.infopia.com/img/image/fp/VPID/6516545/img4/img.jpg" alt=" - " /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">pumps seize because metal shavings from the bearings get in them and cause them to bind up, the pump itself was not the cause of your failure. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">really? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" /> I don't know how metal shavings could have gotten into the oil. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Duncan Motors</b> <br /><small>Member # 7045</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,17,5,44,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> ive seen vavle stem seal harden an break down an little peice will get caught an freeze the pump, then they also have a presure releive valve as well <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Ty</b> <br /><small>Member # 4920</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,19,13,12,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> if your running a fram oil filter that could also possibly be the culpirt..lately ive been hearing alot of horror stories about fram filters and how the check valve will get stuck and cause the oil pressure to go crazy <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Ken</b> <br /><small>Member # 9328</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,21,2,42,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> [/QUOTE]really? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" /> I don't know how metal shavings could have gotten into the oil. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" /> [/QUOTE]<br />Bearing failing? <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>wilit</b> <br /><small>Member # 3367</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,6,21,21,12,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Blind:<br /><strong> oil pumps do not go bad, it's 95% the sending unit or related wiring. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Oil pumps do indeed go bad. I had one go out in a 302 I had. The rotors wore out and would slowly lose pressure as they warmed up, eventually getting to the point where I'd have 0 PSI at idle. <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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