I have had the oil pressure indicator lamp come on twice in the past week. The condition has occurred when I have started the car and pulled away abruptly. Once I noticed the lamp I turned off the ign. and checked for codes. It gave me a P0522. When I restart the car all is well.

Is this just an oil starved condition caused by not idling the car at all, or do you think I should be concerned that this is the start of something worse?

Thanks for opinions, all.

 

Dang post,,,,,you always have the answers. I'm not used to seeing you ask the questions. Good luck on whatever it is.

 

Yeah - well I am hopeing that it is the best case scenario I mentioned(not letting it idle long enough to build pressure) and not the worst case scenario I am not even mentioning.

 

if the oil level is ok, then i would first look at the sensor itself before thinking about oil pump failure. the sensor might just be a ltitle loose, try tightening it up some, resest the ecu, and see how it goes.

 

Pull the connector off the sender and see if there is oil leaking into the plug. If there is oil in there, the sender is junk. If there is oil in the connector, you'll need to modify it also.

Let me know.

 

dont be afraid of WCS just clean your engine and let it run, normal driving, and then check for leaks (starting with all the turbo connections) make sure its not leaking inside the turbo too. catch a little problem before it becomes a big problem and you cant get it covered for voiding any service agreement

 

The situation got more interesting.

I had my friend at Dodge look at it 3 days ago. He replaced the sender under warranty, I believe, the unit was bad.

The code was cleared and I was on my way.

On my way home on the highway, the oil light came on again. The engine light came on this time and it started throwing a code p0123 on top of the p0522 which has now returned despite the new sending unit and sensor. So now I have a TPS code(wierd, since it was also replaced a couple months ago) and a low oil pressure indicator lit. On top of that, recently, at low load(like 10-20psi vaccuum) the bov started going off on its own. At times, when under low boost, it leaks air(hisses) and feels like it hesitates a couple of times(like the boost drops off or I lose spark or compression). It started to happen only once in a rare while at low rpm in fifth gear, then in fourth, then a little more frequently, then on my way home today, at mid pressure(around 6-8 psi) in second it happened more violently a few times. My timing has been noticably retarded and the car is afterfiring a lot more than it usually does(there is no cat on there currently) and I mean a lot, forcefully(more hollow and explosive).

I have an appointment to get the tps replaced thursday, since I called them after the lights came on again, but I am concerned.

Could this all be related to a bad wastegate or a failing turbo or something? Could a bad seal on a catchcan cause this(although I have been monitoring it and it is functioning normally and I don't hear any leaks)? Any opinions or suggestions are appreciated, everyone. I don't know my way around a turbo'ed car like some of you and would love your input.

-Adam

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I don't understand - could you clarify? What do you mean by WCS?

 

I had a bad turbo, and had none of those symptoms, just a noisy *** slow car.

Im not too sure what that could be. Maybe they never properly cleared out the code? Or replaced it wrong? Or even the fact that the part they put in was bad (happened to me with TWO FULL fuel systems Im on my third one now). If anyone can help you, its RIPSIGUY, but him and I dont live close enough for that. The other symptoms are definitely a shot to hell TPS, but as for the oil sender, does that come with the pump?? Did they replace the pump as well?

Hmmm....the catchcan, ahdunno. I took mine out and changed out my PCV due to the fact that the catchcan caused it to fail. For whatever reason Im not sure, but it did. I just replaced the PCV again. Maybe your PCV is failing miserably. Its a 5 dollar part and a tit install.

Did you do a compression test?? Is the compression equal in all four cylinders??

Anything noisier than usual???

Im just throwing ideas out there.....it could be complete nonsense but some of it might help.

 

I might be crazy (well... I am crazy, but that doesn't matter on this). Is it possible for this to be computer related? I don't know if the BOV is controlled by the computer directly (seems doubtful), but maybe indirectly? I realize this may seem off track, but it doesn't seem that all these problems could be unrelated, and with the possible exception of the BOV, all of these things are computer controlled, are they not (timing, tps, engine light/sensors/codes) Also, voltage fluctuations typically mess with computers. Possible wiring short? Did they hopefully replace the wiring for the TPS when they replaced the sensor?

Hope you get to the bottom of it

Scott