the oil pressure is fine at idle and when normal driving, but as soon as i nail the throttle the oil pressure drops to almost 10, any ideas on what it might be ???

 

also forgot to mention i do have a mechanical fuel pressure gauge so its not a bad sending unit. i think its the oil pump but just want other suggestions

 

May be a bad gauge itself. Just a suggestion. maybe a clogged oil filter or crushed partially? Or maybe a bad filter. I know it happens but its not uncommon to have a bad oil filter. It may be new but maybe manufacture glitch. Not so sure on the oil pump. im not good at internal parts. Good Luck

 

if the gauge is correct, it most likely is your pump on its way out.

 

If the gauge is correct, it probably means that the pickup has fallen off.

 

well guys, i went to start the car today, and now it smokes all the time. i think the motor is done. should have never drove it with the low oil pressure problem.motor only had 53,xxx miles on it. all original