It might be sludge on the filter in the oil pan or pump might be bad.
You can remove oil pan and check for sludge. If no sludge, remove oil
pump. two bolts, put on a drill and rotate and check and see if it will
pump.
Just an old trick from an old man. 70yrs old. If you want more info,
contact me off line at flfox1@juno.com.
John
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:29:47 +0000 "Durwood B. Darbin"
<dhckdkcsk@hotmail.com> writes:
> Hello list,
>
> I was driving my truck today and the oil pressure gage would go from
> 30 PSI
> to 'ZERO PSI' and back up to peg out the 30 PSI side then go back to
> ZERO
> and then 30 and on and on and on. I have a 235 high pressure system
> ,60
> PSI,. I talked to a garage and they said that they would drop the
> oil pan
> and clean out the 'sump?' for $160. That means that I will get a
> bill for
> over $300 because they will find something else wrong.
>
> My question to the list - What can I do to check out the oil pump?
> I opened
> the oil filter container and started the engine and no oil squirted
> out so
> that tells me that there isn't any oil coming out of the engine.
> Could the
> 'sump' be clogged? Can I clean it by forcing oil backward through
> the pump?
> What to do?
>
> Please help -- I can feel the DTs coming already.
>
>
> Durwood
> 51 Chevy 1/2 ton Deluxe 5 window
>
>
>
>
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