RE: IML: '82 oil pressure issues

["Embe Kugler" <ekugler@xxxxxxx>]

I have not had this problem on any of my Chrysler products, but have on both 
small block chevies and VWs.  On both it was related to the oil pump.  It 
some cases it was a screen clogged with sludge, but most often the pumps 
were worn out.
Embe


> From: Nat Hall <nathall@xxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: RE: IML: '82 oil pressure issues
> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:20:07 -0700
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> This is going back a month, but...
>
> >
> >Third: Your low oil pressure warning is a sign that either your engine is
> >getting a bit tired, or the engine has the wrong oil in it.  If you don't
> >know what oil is in it, I'd recommend changing the oil and oil filter, 
> and
> >using either 15W40 or 20W50 oil in it.  This will probably make the low 
> oil
> >pressure indication go away for a while, but sometime in the next 100,000
> >miles, you may be in for an engine rebuild.   I had a similar car with
> >almost 300K on it, and I had a similar symptom - so they do wear out, but 
> it
> >takes a long time.
>
> The above excerpt was from Dick Benjamin in response to a message I
> originally posted. Basically, the gist of it is my '82 coupe flickers the
> low oil pressure light (*only* at idle) after a drive on the freeway of 20
> minutes or longer.  I can drive around town all day long without a freeway
> trip and this will not happen.  Additionally, it will only happen sometimes
> and is not reproducible 100% of the time. The low oil flicker is always
> accompanied by a rougher-than-normal idle. Putting the transmission in
> neutral or park will make the low oil flicker go away. Even when this
> happens after a romp on the freeway, driving around town for a bit at lower
> speeds will return the idle to normal and make the low oil warning go away
> even without the use of neutral. The car is carbureted and not EFI, but I
> don't see how that has any bearing on this.
>
> Following Dick's response above, I *did* change the oil and filter and used
> 20W-50 instead.  This didn't affect the low oil warnings at all.
>
> The oil level stays right where it should be and the oil pressure sender is
> not at fault-- it was replaced within the last 10,000 miles. The engine is
> not making any abnormal noises.
>
> To be honest, I have been ignoring these "low oil" warnings and I just idle
> in neutral at stop lights after freeway driving until the problem goes away
> on it's own.  However, recently I've been reading online some pretty grim
> things about similar issues.  The impression I get is that my engine could
> seize and die at any moment.  Is this something I really need to be afraid
> of at this point? Since the problem only occurs occasionally and under
> certain circumstances I've been assuming I've still got plenty of time
> left. Won't I start hearing horrible valve clatter and notice other
> symptoms before anything terrible happens?
>
>
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> Nat Hall
> 1982 Imperial Coupe
> 1987 Chrysler New Yorker
> http://newyorker.digital-forever.com
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