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I have a 97 Chevy Lumina. It has 276,*** miles on it. I bought it used 4 months ago. It was running excellent then the service engine soon light, low coolant light, and change oil soon light started coming on. The change oil soon light was never reset from the last oil change. When I check the coolant in the car the levels are fine. When checking the oil the other day it was fine, no water in the oil or anything like that. Yesterday we to drive to the local gas station and the car just shut off. Checked oil and was very low...needed two quarts. I guess my question would be is this the oil pump or something more major?

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The fact that the oil was low would not be from the oil pump, but from wear in the engine. If it is not smoking when you start it or as you drive, you can probably keep it running by just keeping the oil level checked at each fuel fill-up. As for the car shutting off, you didn't say if the engine seized or got real hot. A low oil pressure problem should have triggered a warning light before the problem got to the point where you lost the engine.

If the car ran after you added the oil, you got lucky and need to always check it.

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    no jerking from the car or nothing...it just shut off. Did not notice any lights on the dash beforehand. The temp levels stay under half but a smell of antifreeze is sometimes present.

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