OK I HAVE A 97 TRANS AM WITH THE MODS IN MY SIG, NE WAYS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING, I WAS AT A LIGHT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY OIL PRESSURE JUS DROPPED.. WHEN I DROVE IT IT CLIMBED BACK UP TO AROUND 18 BUT AS SOON AS I LET OUT OF GEAR AND OFF THE GAS IT JUS DROPS, SO I GOT HOME (DIDNT GO WORK CUZ OF IT) CHECKED MY OIL AND THERE WAS HARDLY ANYTHING THERE, AND I HAD CHANGED THE OIL NO MORE THAN 1800 MILES AGO, AND THERE WAS ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE DIPSTICK TUBE.... THANKS IN ADVANCE

 

DO YOU GUYS THINK I DID NE SERIOUS DAMAGE, AND WHAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY MAD ME LOSE SO MUCH OIL SO FAST? AND BTW MY LOW OIL LIGHT WASNT ON BUT HAS COME ON A FEW TIMES BEFORE BUT I TOPPED IT OFF

 

The Smoke Is Normal If Your Running Low On Oil ... The Problem Is Where Your Losing It. Need To Check For Spots Where Your Parking It And Wet Oil On The Engine. Without Knowing If It's Leaking Or Not It Will Be Hard To Diagnose. Anytime You Are Running Low On Oil It Causes Excessive Wear On Your Engine. Sick

 

WELL THE THING IS THAT I ALWAYS PARK MY CAR IN THE SAME SPOT AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PUDDLE OR ANYTHING UNDERNEATH, AND THE WAY MY PRESUURE DROPPED WAS JUST SUDDEN.... WOULD IT BE WISE TO START OUT WID AN OIL CHANGE AND FILTER THEN SEE IF I CAN RETAIN PRESSURE?

 

well the oil pressure thing seems to be common with the LT1's sending unit under the intake, the teeth on the gear i guess, but if your running low on oil iit sounds like your burning oil, smoke from the dipstick, kinda sounds like a head gasket IMO. when you get on the gas is there black or blue smoke coming from the tailpipes?

 

WELL IT DOESNT RUN ALL THAT BAD TO APPEAR TO B A BLOWN HEAD GASKET BUT YES IT DOES HAV A LIL BIT OF BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE TAIL PIPES BUT THAT WAS ALREADY A PROBLEM BEFORE, I WAS RUNNING RICH SINCE I DID MY EXHAUST AND I WAS JUS ABOUT TO GET A TUNE UP AND ALSO DO A COMPUTER TUNE AND I WAS HOPIN TO GET RID OF THAT... WOULDNT I BE BLOWING OUT WHITE SMOKE WITH A BLOWN HEAD GASKET?

 

SO I TALKED TO MY MECHANIC THIS MORNING OVER THE PHONE AND W/O EVEN MENTIONING WHAT 94Z28SHAKER SAID HE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE SENDING UNIT BEHIND THE INTAKE, SO HE'S GONNA DO A OIL PRESSURE CHECK AND IF ITS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT MY GAUGE IS READING THEN WE KNOW THATS THE PROBLEM, BUT WHILE MY CARS IN THE SHOP IMA GO AHEAD AND DO A TUNE UP AND CHANGE OUT MY HEADER GASKET THAT I BLEW OUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE