2004 Chevrolet Suburban. Picked up my truck after it had been sitting out in the 11-degree-F cold for a while. Started OK. The oil-pressure gauge was pegged WAY past the end. Stopped the truck after
Hi Phil, Just a guess, but perhaps the viscosity of the oil at 11 above was thick enough to jam the sender unit wide open and now it is stuck there. Maybe with heat and cycles it will free up again.
I tend to agree with DB... if it was actually the oil pump (spring broken) you would have blown an oil filter and never gotten out of the yard..... I'd suspect a bad sending unit (or stuck one) and t
2004 Chevrolet Suburban. Picked up my truck after it had been sitting out in the 11-degree-F cold for a while. Started OK. The oil-pressure gauge was pegged WAY past the end. Stopped the truck after
Phil,Sounds like my 2004 Yukon Denali. Engine off oil pressure zero, turn on and it goes full scale and then back to zero when off. I read somewhere that was an indication of oil pressure sender. Rep
Does this thing have a sending unit? If it does, the sender could be bad. Curious to find out what the problem turns out to be. We have an '02 Suburban with the 5.3 LS series V-8. ___________________
John, Where's the sender located on the engine? These LS series are very different from the older SBCs. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.te
Ronny,For the 2004 Yukon it is located on the drivers side, top back of the engine. You have to remove the covers and it is more of a job by feel than sight.Look at these two links and they should he
Whatever the cause, it healed itself overnight in the cold garage. This morning it acted completely normal. Drove the truck three times today for considerable distances and all the gauges acted as ex
Ah. That must be it. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1973 Triumph Stag LE22439UBW "uncle jack", Sapphire Blue 2004 Suburban 8.1, Sport Red, the only automatic of the bunch 2005 Lotus E