89 cavalier oil pressure

Have you changed to a different type of oil? Is the gauge electronic or mecanical? If the gauge is electronic check to see if you may have knocked the connection loose when changing the plugs?




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We checked the connection but it is fine. The car runs fine so could it be anything else?

[quote:e138d68400="roohead"]I have a 1989 chevy cavalier z24 with a 2.8 liter engineon 125,000 miles.We changedthe oil,spark plugs and wires. I now have a problem with my oil pressure guage when the engine is cold the guage is at half way but when the engine warms up it drops down to zero when i accelerate it goes up about a quarter of the way. What could cause this problem?[/quote:e138d68400]

Could be the gauge and its wiring,oil pump,and bad engine bearings.Do you hear a thumping noise at the lower end of the engine.

no the engine is not making any noises at all.

[quote:17ef2e384b="roohead"]no the engine is not making any noises at all.[/quote:17ef2e384b]

Okay, get an Oil pressure gauge, remove the oil sending unit, now monitor the pressure from a cold start to fully warm engine. This will tell you something.

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