Reasons for spontaneous loss of oil pressure
 

I had my car running well except for a oil leak in between the upper and lower front cover on my ka24de-t.

I pulled the valve cover and the front cover, re-RTV'd and then put it all back on.

at the same time I did an oil change, but in the middle of the change I got distracted and the car had only a quart of oil in it. It was lucas oil stabalizer though, so it isn't as bad as leaving just a normal quart of 10w 30 in or something.

I started the car and ran it for about 30 seconds before realizing i didn't have enough oil in.

I put in the other 3 and then started the car. Now, my oil pressure sensor only registers about 5-10 lbs at idle and im too scared to rev it up. What could have happened?

Re: Reasons for spontaneous loss of oil pressure
 

ummm you might have fucked up a little bit.... :X

maby got air in the gauge line....

Re: Reasons for spontaneous loss of oil pressure
 

it's just a sender that T's from the stock oil pressure sender, so there's no line, it's right off the block.

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oh..i have a manuel pressure gauge...... :1

Re: Reasons for spontaneous loss of oil pressure
 

well you have oil pressure at idle, so 5-10 lbs should be enough to idle for a while, so maybe let it idle and see what happens. Then slowly rev it up and see if it changes.

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Did you pull both front covers or just the upper one?

Re: Reasons for spontaneous loss of oil pressure
 

just the upper

Re: Reasons for spontaneous loss of oil pressure
 

I'd hook a guage directly to the block to rule out a bad sending unit, but it almost sounds like you fragged your bearings....

Re: Reasons for spontaneous loss of oil pressure
 

how much did it have at idle before?

Re: Reasons for spontaneous loss of oil pressure
 

look at he valve train its the first place that gets oil i dought it holds more then a quart, look for ware or scoring any wired sounds while it idles tick things of that nature