oil pressure guage was at almost zero!

sarah · 10-21-2010, 07:49 AM

Hello I'm new.

I have a First Generation 85 RX7 with 56k miles. Today I warmend my car up, but a little less than I usually do and was prepared to drive it easy for a few minutes. I looked down and the oil pressure guage was at almost zero! Ahh it's usually 30-60. I am going to admit that I'm over on changing the oil, which I am going to do right after work. I read about using a really thin oil to clean it out and then switching back to full synthetic (before driving), also I understand that my sending unit may be bad. The strange thing is that at idle is't almost 30, but then when I drive it goes down to almost zero.

I'm afraid to drive to work!

p.s. I changed the starter last week, but I doubt that is related.

10-21-2010, 07:49 AM	#1
sarah The Newbie Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Austin Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	oil pressure guage was at almost zero! Hello I'm new. I have a First Generation 85 RX7 with 56k miles. Today I warmend my car up, but a little less than I usually do and was prepared to drive it easy for a few minutes. I looked down and the oil pressure guage was at almost zero! Ahh it's usually 30-60. I am going to admit that I'm over on changing the oil, which I am going to do right after work. I read about using a really thin oil to clean it out and then switching back to full synthetic (before driving), also I understand that my sending unit may be bad. The strange thing is that at idle is't almost 30, but then when I drive it goes down to almost zero. I'm afraid to drive to work! p.s. I changed the starter last week, but I doubt that is related.