2001 Chevrolet Cavalier "bad oil pump cavalie" Questions

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miles on it...and it has this problem whenever i stop my oil light comes on but when i hit the gas it goes off. What is wrong here? Bad oil pump. Try flushing old oil out. Have u checked the oil level

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...bad. Upon starting any GM car up the fuel pump operates off the third wire on the oil pressure switch. When the oil pressure reaches operating pressure which happens in a few seconds the computer ...

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...the fuel pump power runs thru the oil pressure switch,if the pressure drops too low ,it kills the pump.Thinking the pressure switch may be bad.The pump runs during cranking ,but not while

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...oil presh senc going bad or has gone bad. any thoughts? its a 1999 chevy cavalier. 2.2L i'd agree sounds like a faulty oil pressure switch.doing a pressure test with a guage will tell for sure or ...

...oil pressure reaches normal psi the relay takes over powering the fuel pump you see know that your relay is not operating now for the pump check the fuel pressure,believe it or not but a bad fuel cap ...

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...try replacing the fuel pump relay. Check the oil sending unit,I believe that the pump is wired thru it to keep from burning up the engine if the pressure drops. Should have 3 wires,sender may be

oil. If that is OK then you could have a bad sending unit. Worse case is that your not getting enough oil pressure and the engine may be getting tired or the oil pump is weak. If you try a thicker oil

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...bad I had that problem once in my Ford Explorer and everybody told me I had to buy a new one,I decided to try throwing a little bit of two-stroke moter-oil in the gastank and guess what..it worked I ...

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...oil pump be bad? 2.2l cavalier engines have an oil level sensor on the front side of the pan just below the starter. make sure it plugged in before checking anything else. if you're going to change a ...

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engine oil light I change the oil pump and screen and the oil is full to the line and oil light still come on when I stop could just be a bad oil pressure sensor

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