Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:16:51 -0400 From: Fred W <malt_houndnospamo.com> Subject: Re: oil pump? '91 900 non turbo
robanzellottinospamlemail.com wrote: > Hi guys, > We have had this car (Germany) only 3 months and it has been great. > Last night, just as we got off the highway the oil light went on. The > car ran fine, so I hoped it was just a bad sensor. We took a chance to > drive far enough to find a bed. The next morning I started it up and > the valves were making noise, so we are having the car sent to our > mechanic. The dipstick shows full. > Questions: > 1. Isn't it pretty unusual to have the oil pump go? (130,000miles) > 2. I just had the valve cover gasket replaced. It doesn't leak, but I > see a LOT of sealant. If the mechanic were a little too free with the > glue, could he have messed things up? I drove about 250 miles after > the job with no trouble. > thanks for any advice... > Robobass > Robo, I'm with you. Very unusual for an oil pump to fail. Sure, he could have gummed things up, but I would guess that you might have a little sludge build-up or particulates on the oil sump pick-up screen. I'd imagine they should be able to sort it out pretty quickly. -- -Fred W
