In a message dated 5/15/00 11:56:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, john@DATAKNIGHT.COM writes: << My wife's '89 Plymouth Voyager (hey, it starts with "V" and is a similar shape<g>) has 104K miles on it. Recently, the in-dash oil pressure gage drops rapidly to zero when she stops in traffic. The garage put an oil pressure gage on it and it reads about 25-30 lbs at 2000+RPM, drops to 5-7 lbs at idle (out of gear) and to about 2 lbs or less in gear. They are suggesting a new oil pump at minumum or a complete lower engine rebuild. It seems to me like the pump is working but that the bearings, etc. are worn so much that they can't hold the pressure -- but I'm not a mechanic. >> that's a typical prob w/ those chrysler minivans..they start to burn oil, valve guide seals go, etc. is it a 4 or a 6? .. sit behind one of the older ones, you can usually see smoke pouring out of the exhaust. Not worth fixing, theyre a dime a dozen. sell it and get a newer Japanese minivan. chris |
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