High Oil pump pressure

Tiny
PAULMOZIK
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  • PONTIAC BONNEVILLE
I had my oil changed at the oil shop on my 2002 Bonneville 3800 engine with 92000 miles and after 2 weeks all the oil leaked out in the garage over night.I drove it next morning and you know what happened after 4 miles the engine locked.
I was told that my oil pump pressure was to high and blew the seal on the oil filter, and leaked all the oil out of the engine. Is this possible? My theory is that the filter was not tight enough and became loose causing the oil leak. I checked with Pontiac dealer mechanic and he told me that he has not seen this happened in 30 years. Can you please shine some light on this problem.
Monday, March 5th, 2007 AT 1:36 PM

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Tiny
MMPRINCE3000
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I agree with you and the Pontiac tech. The only way to prove it is to check the oil pressure with a mechanical gauge, unfortunatly the engine has siezed.
You will at least need a short block or maybe a long block. It may be possible to save the current engine with new bearings/crank/rods/cam bearings, but proving that they caused it is tough.
Save the oil filter, it may be they put the wrong one on, that would be easier to prove.
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 AT 11:19 AM

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