Leaving show. Oil lite on and gauge reading ZERO! Engine damage?!

Dan_in_MN Posted 2023-07-07 9:51 AM (#630646) Subject: Leaving show. Oil lite on and gauge reading ZERO! Engine damage?! Member Posts: 23 Took my '58 Suburban to a show. Backing out of the parking spot, the oil light stayed on and gauge read ZERO! Did I damage the engine? Check out the videos for my preliminary diagnosis . https://youtu.be/smlhJ8mdeAY https://youtu.be/NcuFpTFzawc https://youtu.be/NwEYSdHLTmI wizard Posted 2023-07-07 11:02 AM (#630648 - in reply to #630646) Subject: Re: Leaving show. Oil lite on and gauge reading ZERO! Engine damage?! Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13055 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island Depending on how long you ran the engine. Damage is done as soon the oil pressure takes a leave..... 58coupe Posted 2023-07-07 11:19 AM (#630649 - in reply to #630646) Subject: Re: Leaving show. Oil lite on and gauge reading ZERO! Engine damage?! Expert Posts: 1740 Location: Alaska When you have the pan off you need to check the bearings for damage. AceS Posted 2023-07-09 8:20 PM (#630672 - in reply to #630646) Subject: RE: Leaving show. Oil lite on and gauge reading ZERO! Engine damage?! Veteran Posts: 281 Location: WA/USA Neat wagon. If you were just backing up, noticed it, and then shut it down, 99% chance it is ok. Every time you start your car it has zero oil pressure and takes a few seconds to build up. If it happened to me that way, I'd just slip a new oil pump shaft in it and go grocery shopping. mikes2nd Posted 2023-07-15 3:21 AM (#630770 - in reply to #630646) Subject: Re: Leaving show. Oil lite on and gauge reading ZERO! Engine damage?! Expert 5K+ Posts: 5009 Old car retain oil pretty long on the mains... ive seen people run em a long time with no oil. lol i would watch your video but you are forcing unskippable ads? nope