For some reason today, my oil pressure gauge read with the needle at maximum (about 70-80 on a 0-60psi gauge). It did not go down to 0 after the car was shut down, so I suspect the sender has failed. I'd just like some opinions on what else could be wrong

 

Might be your oil pump.... my gauge was going batty just before the oil pump went out, then the whole engine!
it would read really high... then zilch then really high
then tick tick tick tick tick tick (can we say rod?)
(The sound you don't want to hear)

 

Yikes! I'll see how much it costs to replace the oil pump. Thanks for the warning.

 

stock pumps, and high volume pumps usally dont cost more then 20-30 bucks, but the labor is not very fun

 

i looked into all the stuff for that job. it's gonna be like $40 for parts and a whole bunch of time to take off the pan. all the parts came from pepboys, but the pan looks like it has a one piece rubber gasket that should be re-usable. plan for alot of time before you replace the pump. looks to be a bear.

 

dude,,, i love that "shaker" lookin hood... where you get it?

 

nice wheels

 

pepboys? Oh ***... I just spent $350 on the front end work on my camaro to have brakes and an idlr arm put on including rotors and alignment... The alignment was done wrong ... bolts left loose.... Brakes adjusted to tight... . and the lugs just scrwed on.... they were supposed to check the back brakes... can we say.... What back brakes? They didnt even look!!!! I took my car back 3 times now and they cant get the Fuggin things right!. I will never buy nor recommed pepboys for anything... NOT EVEN PARTS!!!!!


Sorry.... That was My opinion.......

 

i have 91 tbi bird..try wiggling your ignition switch....mine reads scrwey sometims and if i wiggle the switch it starts to read again.........im guessing the ingnition switch is on the way out

 

Please if anything... Please have your oil pump checked out!

 

if you need the sender i haev one new in the box email me if youre interested

camaroracer1992@yahoo.com

 

What kind of front end is that? It doesn't look like the stock formula, that's for sure. Where are your turn signals?
Any pics of the front?

 

unless u put ground effects on it(why?)
its not a formula

 

Turn signals are below the fascia.... So are fogs...
Only oin the 91/92 models.

http://www.lvfbody.com/whoismember_p...p?MemberID=101
You can see them better here.

 

The shaker scoop is part of the Bandit II scheme. It is fake, just bolted onto the hood. I have a real one to go on it, whenever I get time.

It started to read normally today, then jumped back up to maximum. I'll try your suggestions, and with 140k miles it may be a good idea to get that pump checked . If my sender is dieing, I'll give you an email. Just need some time to check things out.

My car is not a formula, but I have all the WS6 stuff save the springs, and steering column. This is what the car looked like before

 

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2 things, replace the oil pressure sender switch right by the filter and see if that fixes it. second, do not reuse the gasket. gaskets are meant to only be used once... take my word on that one.

 

Hook up a real gauge to it and check the pressure before you do anything else, oil pumps seldom go bad, my gauge has been reading normal at idle and at anything over 1800 RPM it starts bouncing wildly and then pegs the gauge out, it's been doing this for 4 years and no problems yet. I did check it with a real gauge when it first started acting weird and it had normal pressure.

 

That sounds like a great idea, hooking up a live gauge to car, I was not aware it could be accomplished, but I am learning all the time . I had planned on replacing the gasket anyhow, no disrespect to you Jason Bennett, but I have yet to have had a good experience re-using old gaskets, and I cannot go wrong with a new one, if the case presents itself where I would need one.

Thanks for all of the replies, I now have a very solid base for tackling this problem.

Clint

 

about the pump going bad... i highly doubt thats it. an oil pump should last the life of the motor