any advice? It isn't super charged. pump kit will be here the 24 or 25... gonna start this evening. got a chilton'* repair manual, but it doesn't show much... I have never changed one like this. Got the car about 2 months ago. It'* rough but ran great! Then the oil pressure light came on (got that digital gauge thingy). Oil pressure was showing 0-8. This was after running for over an hour. Planning on cleaning the screen and tube. Already got the pan off and am cleaning it. Am replacing the oil filter and will check the oil pressure relief thing by poking with a screwdriver, should it be firm or what?. Am going to pack the devil out of the oil pump with vaseoline... Please give me any advice you can... Haven't done anything like this in 15 years and am a little rusty.... Thanks for all your help!!!

Oh, by the way, gonna take some pics of the replacement process, if I can I'll try to post them somewhere...

Did you hook up a mechanical gauge to check pressure? You may have nothing more than a faulty sender.

no, took off the oil filler cap and didn't see any oil in there while it was running... Had a 1.8 L in a 84 pontiac and it would have a constant stream of oil moving when I pulled the oil filler cap off... Figure it is not getting enough pressure to push the oil into the top of the engine... Got a gauge yesterday to check pressure when I finish the pump, it'* one you install but I am going to use it for a tester... Just a little nervous about doing this for a first time... Scared of screwing-up the engine... Thanks for your help...

Hello

Was the car making any noise like tapping or rattling or knocking? If not it is most likely a bad oil pressure sending unit. because an engine with no oil circulating will make an awful racket. Take the pressure gauge you just bought and hook it up to where the oil pressure sending unit is and check pressure.

I would test that first before screwing around with a new pump

Good luck

Oh and the 1.8 was a overhead cam so that is why you saw oil being slung about when you removed the oil cap. a OHV engine is a bit different in this