Posted By: 74fish
No oil pressure on startup....... techs? - 12/22/08 03:10 AM
My wife has a 2002 Durango. I was driving it yesterday and noticed the oil pressure gauge was at 1/4. I thought I better check the oil ( you never can tell) before I could stop ,the pressure dropped and bottomed out. I shut off the engine and stopped the car. I checked the oil, it was fine. I started the car and it took about 30 seconds for the pressure to come back up, it pegged at 1/4.
I ruled out the sender and concluded it was indeed losing pressure. I drained a qt of oil and put in a qt of lucas oil additive, changed the oil filter to see if that would help.
Pressure was way over 1/2, the engine was humming and not noisey like before. This morning I started the car, it took a little bit before the pressure came back up. It was well over 1/2 again.
My son a parts guy, thinks that the check valve on the oil pump is getting stuck.
Anyone have any ideas
I ruled out the sender and concluded it was indeed losing pressure. I drained a qt of oil and put in a qt of lucas oil additive, changed the oil filter to see if that would help.
Pressure was way over 1/2, the engine was humming and not noisey like before. This morning I started the car, it took a little bit before the pressure came back up. It was well over 1/2 again.
My son a parts guy, thinks that the check valve on the oil pump is getting stuck.
Anyone have any ideas