toyota oil pressure problem

When the pressure dropped, was there any ticking or knocking coming from the engine?

Let me know.

Joe

no. engine runs fine. a mechanical oil pressure gauge is being used to monitor the pressure. initially it was 50-65lb at a fast idle, 25lb at idle. now it is down to near zero at idle and not much more at fast idle. when the oil pan was dropped to replace the pump there was a about 1.5 inches deep of sludge packed into the oil pan. oil pickup was clean.

i am not seeing your latest response.

i still cant find your latest response on this screen. only your in initial.

could you just respond to my email account hthart2010@yahoo.com. i am not getting anything from you.

its obvoius iam talking to a wall. so have a good night joe the wall.

well as long as you are keeping your responses to yourself it is pointless to continue.

Hi:
I'm not sure what is going on. If you receive this, let me know.

Did you replace the pick up screen and tube?

I got it now. 11/24/1904. No we did not replace the pick screen & tube. it was in excellent condition. we did replace the gasket.

were back to the same screen display problems.

i have no idea what your response is since it is not being displayed on the screen. if you could email it to me at hthart2010@yahoo.com we can get through this.

when u get your website working properly let me know.

The only thing can be another bad oil pump or excessive bearing wear causing the low pressure. Or, I wonder if the pick up is clogged. You mentioned how much sludge was in the pan. I wonder it there was a lot in the engine that made its way to the oil pump.

I think you are right about the sludge. I checked the vehicle yesterday and all is fine. I do think that what is needed is a good engine flush and some fresh oil. Thanks.

Let me know if it helps. My concern is the pick up tube is plugged. I hope a good flush cleans it. Let me know if it helps.

Joe