Subject: Just when i thought it was fixed... Long, but please read =) Author: elmoreandrew as Andrew Elmore : member since February, 2004 : 619 posts Posted on: 2005-09-11 17:01:46

Went and washed the car and got it all nice and shiney, but im thinking the car isn't fixed yet, or something else was broken and caused everything to get messed up

When i moved my car from its parking spot to where i was washing it, about 15feet to the left, i noticed the idiot oil pressure light wasn't going off like it usually does, but i did'nt think much of it caues i was moving it like 15feet.

After washing i wanted to take the car for a spin through campus to check out the ladies =) but i once again noticed the pressure light was still on. I drove it about 100feet to the end of the parking light and then turned around and came back and turned the engine off.

I checked the dipstick and it was full and had plenty of oil in it. I also noticed while diagnosing, when the car was on and i pushed the brakes i heard a vaccuum leak somewhere right above the mastercylinder/brake resevoir area and it only comes on when i push the brakes. So ill have to run through the ETK and Bently to see where all the lines go so i can check for leaks or disconnects

We pulled the oil cap off while the car was running and noticed that there was hardly any oil getting to the top of the engine head, the rockers etc looked kinda dry.

So now we're thinking the oil pump might have decided to stop pumping and that could have caused a chain reaction cause my coolant explosion somehow? But what i dont get is that i drove the car around yesterday and the light wasn't on and i havnt driven it since saturday morning when everything was running fine.

Any thoughts?

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