I was driving home in the rain one day, got out of the car and noticed my driveway looked like a rainbow. I mean it had rainbow colored liquid all over it... OIL. The next day, the rain had evaporated only to leave a huge puddle of oil underneath my car. (That's not at all embarrassing... jk that's embarrassing as f***!)
Well, it wasn't dripping oil anymore, so I tried to drive it, with no oil leaks for days. But, alas, the oil pressure light comes on. It came on and went right off immediately. The car had proper oil levels in it... I had to add some to keep it that way, but it did have the right amount, so I knew it wasn't low pressure. We took it to a shop that same day and by this time I suspected it was the oil sending unit, (or what GM calls, and is more aptly named the oil pressure sensor).
The shop used a part made by BWD. 80 bucks for parts and labor... not bad. A month goes by, no problems. Then the oil light comes on again. Sure enough, I get home and there is oil under the car again. I call them back, they fix it with another BWD sensor. Month later... Same problem. No light this time, just leaks. By this time I've done the research and see that I just need to use the OEM AC Delco part, so they agree to do this, because originally they refused to use anything other than what their parts supplier could get them, but this time they drove to local dealer and got the AC Delco part we had ordered from the dealer... and we paid for the part, so they reimbursed us for the difference, and the car runs fine now.
But the reason I am posting this is because had I not been so lucky and noticed the oil, or had it happened on the highway instead of my driveway, the engine could have blown. It has been almost a year now and there have been no further oil pressure problems.
I was driving home in the rain one day, got out of the car and noticed my driveway looked like a rainbow. I mean it had rainbow colored liquid all over it... OIL. The next day, the rain had evaporated only to leave a huge puddle of oil underneath my car. (That's not at all embarrassing... jk that's embarrassing as f***!)
Well, it wasn't dripping oil anymore, so I tried to drive it, with no oil leaks for days. But, alas, the oil pressure light comes on. It came on and went right off immediately. The car had proper oil levels in it... I had to add some to keep it that way, but it did have the right amount, so I knew it wasn't low pressure. We took it to a shop that same day and by this time I suspected it was the oil sending unit, (or what GM calls, and is more aptly named the oil pressure sensor).
The shop used a part made by BWD. 80 bucks for parts and labor... not bad. A month goes by, no problems. Then the oil light comes on again. Sure enough, I get home and there is oil under the car again. I call them back, they fix it with another BWD sensor. Month later... Same problem. No light this time, just leaks. By this time I've done the research and see that I just need to use the OEM AC Delco part, so they agree to do this, because originally they refused to use anything other than what their parts supplier could get them, but this time they drove to local dealer and got the AC Delco part we had ordered from the dealer... and we paid for the part, so they reimbursed us for the difference, and the car runs fine now.
But the reason I am posting this is because had I not been so lucky and noticed the oil, or had it happened on the highway instead of my driveway, the engine could have blown. It has been almost a year now and there have been no further oil pressure problems.
- Tirken E., Bristol, TN, US