By the sounds of what happened, and the fact that you re-gained oil
pressure again, I would guess that there is a spring loaded ball (like
most oil pumps) that regulates the pressure.
If the ball gets stuck open, oil pressure will drop and not feed the
engine correctly. The fact that it came back would lead me to believe
that the spring and ball mechanism was in fact stuck and then went back
to normal operating position.
I would definitely check the oil pump.
Dennis 0901
-----Original Message-----
From: bricklin-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:bricklin-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Greg Schroeder
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 7:36 PM
To: Bricklin@autox.team.net
Subject: [Bricklin] Oil Pressure Issue
I had an issue with the oil pressure gauge when I was getting ready to
leave
for a local car show or at least I thought that was the problem. Since
the
oil pressure was fine when I had backed out of the garage earlier today
I
thought it may be the sensor. Checked the oil and it was fine. I had
to go
and get some gas before heading down the road. The car drove fine with
no
apparent issues. I stopped the engine to pump gas and it was very hard
to
start and the exhaust did not sound correct. So instead of heading to
the
show I decided to head home. After about a block the oil pressure gauge
started working again and the engine sounded normal. After getting back
to
the house I am hearing the valves click when the engine is running.
Any idea of why the oil pump would quit working?
If damaged was caused what should I look for?
Greg 0036
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