Limp mode revs?

2007 BMW 530I
25,000 MILES • AUTOMATIC
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TYLER SCITERN2005
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One morning, my normal lifter click which is persistent in these motors when cold started kept going through throughout the day, which was an abnormal well after the car had warmed up and then by that night while I was driving, it suddenly showed low oil pressure went into limp mode and started revving itself now anytime you start the vehicle 30 to 45 seconds after starting the low oil pressure message will show up on the screen and it will start revving itself again. There are no codes coming up for a little oil pressure. and it is 250,000 miles not 25,000. I don’t know why it did that. Lol
May 20, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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Okay, so does the car have codes? if so please tell me what there are, also this sounds like a classic clogged oil pump pick up, I would remove the oil pan and clean the pick up screen from sludge. Clean the oil pan interior as well. This is a common problem with high mileage engines. Please upload a short video in your response of the problem, so I can see what's going on. Check out the images (below). Please let me know what happens.
May 22, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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