I'm having an odd problem with my oil pressure. When the engine is cold, everything runs fine, good oil pressure, etc. As the engine starts warming up, when I am sitting at a red light, the oil pressure starts dipping down a bit, no other symptoms in the engine though. Once the engine is fully warmed up, again sitting at a light, the oil pressure drops to 0 and the engine will die. I can keep the pressure up by holding the RPM's above 900, but this is killing my brakes, and can't bee too good on the transmission (automatic). Also, everything runs fine so long as I don't try stopping. The engine is a 302 V8 Fuel injection. I originally thought that thte oil pump was the problem, but it's still doing it even with a new pump. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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19 years ago