My check engine light has come on. I was low on oil, actually I am overdue for an oil change, so I added 2 qts to the engine and filled it up. The van does not feel right when I am going 55 mph or more and I let off the gas. It jerks, jumps and then starts to decelerate. My oil pressure gauge fluctuates and when I step on the brakes the gauge drops to 0, below the red line. Do I have an oil pressure problem and what could it be? And how do I fix it? If not that, Do i just get the oil changed and the light will go off. Or should I just drive the van off a cliff or in a lake or something? Please help....
Two quarts is about half the capacity. The pump was probably starved of lubrication and is failing.
If that's not expensive enough, you may now have a problem with a damaged engine. You may want to just put that money into a new vehicle.
I don't think the car would have enough power in its present condition to get high enough to reach a cliff, and driving it into a lake would not be environmentally sound. Besides, the fine would not be worth it.
The cheapest and easiest maintainance that anyone can do on a car to avoid expensive repairs is still checking the oil ever 1000 miles (filling if necessary!) and changing it every 3000.
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To: joelukas2
First, you indicate the oil light comes on when you hit the brakes. Do
you mean it comes on the instant you hit the brakes even while
traveling well allong or when you finally come to a stop at idle? The oil light does not come on at all. The oil pressure gauge fluctuates while driving along; when I come to a stop, it drops as far as it can go. And then it sounds as if it is running rough.
Does the oil light come on at idleDoes the oil light come on while braking. If so, are you sure the oil level is full?
The Jerks, jumps when decelerating sounds like things are loose in the
drive train and it is wrapping up on decell, maybe motor mounts,
subframe mounts or the like.
I just got the oil changed and the check engine light is now off.
Well, I had the oil changed and seems to be doing much better. Check engine light has gone off.
You appear to have more than one problem.
First, you indicate the oil light comes on when you hit the brakes. Do you mean it comes on the instant you hit the brakes even while traveling well allong or when you finally come to a stop at idle?
Does the oil light come on at idleDoes the oil light come on while braking. If so, are you sure the oil level is full?
The Jerks, jumps when decelerating sounds like things are loose in the drive train and it is wrapping up on decell, maybe motor mounts, subframe mounts or the like.
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what colour is the exhaust smoke ?.... when you added the oil... did you overfill it and have you checked the level lately ?
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