I wonder if these have problems with the rod bearings?

The motor is about to puke. Our oil pumps are fairly bulletproof... it could be a stuck pressure thingy (who has the right term for the part behind the filter adapter?), but usually I thought they stuck high..not low.

It'* a warning to run for cover from this car.

Problems? Not common. But occasionally maybe. This is a rare one. I'd suspect the LIM gaskets are leaking, raising the possibility of rusted crank journals/rod bearings.

Are you refering to the pressure releif valve? If those stick open I'd think you'd read constant low.

It'* either low or high..I remember JimmyFloyd bought a car with one that was high and it blew as well.

Very true. Good points! I'm still worried about that oil pressure. It could be terminal. But whether the dealerhship would understand that and lower the price to accomodate for some possible future loss is another unknown. I wouldn't get that car, but I'd offer them a grand less to see how they responded.

Agreed. I'm with everyone else being concerned with oil pressure. Hans would need to determine whether or not the gauge is accurate. If it is, I'd subtract the cost of having the engine rebuilt from the price of the car (probably more than $1000), then rebuild the engine myself (but that'* just me!). And that'* assuming the rest of the car is in excellent condition.

OK, before everyone goes totally off the dep end, did you get a chance to actually look at the oil?? Old dino-juice tends to thin, and show low pressure at idle. I've seen my oil pressure change a lot from just an oil change.

It'* still a good bargaining tool, but it could (hopefully) be something as simple as an oilo change to fix her up....

Somebody has to hope for the best, right???

And the dealer sticker will come right off with a little patince and a gentle touch. Mine had a sticker in the exact same spot, but I carefully took an Exacto knife to slowly and carefully peel it up. Then a little Goof-Off or Goo-Gone to get rid of the leftover glue. Not a scratch, and with a good wash/wax afterwards you'd never know it was there...

Let me say this is my final post in this thread. A friend is looking to make a mistake.. BIG..HUGE mistake. At this point..if Hans buys the car...he is being stupid.

Let'* remind our readers what the last low oil pressure car did for Hans
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...t=oil+pressure

Gave him nothing but trouble and cost money in the end.

Conclusion to the orginal thread and the story behind it. I thought I'd reply to all of the posts to clarify a few things and demonstrate that the oil senders among other things on these cars are easy to fix depending on the car/situation.

LIM gaskets were also replaced recently, they looked brand new. replaced anyway.
Replaced the sender, now has 80PSI at WOT, never gets below past about 30 or so. 45 to 50 while driving at 1500RPM.
poor handling was caused by a low front tire (20psi vs 40psi in the other one), it now handles signifcantly better than the 93 in perform shift mode and about the same in touring mode.
No problem, needed to be adjusted.
- Brake light was an EASY fix, just low on fluid, brakes need to be replaced and the heavy braking OR acceleration was causing the fluid to SLOSH around and cause the BRAKE failure light...aka death light when it comes to master cylinders
$60 to fix both sides and gromets, no leaks at all now.
$35 for belden premiums

The hood needed to be adjusted, no accidents. Easy fix here.

I replaced the sender ($40) and all is normal now...this was cheaper than a mechanical gauge. (well to have it tested or test myself)

wren - Again, the sender was bad, it was not pegged by 20 PSI low.
Custom88 - bad bearings (several options,crank journals, worn engine, bad sender etc.
Boosty - Yep check earlier comments about the "lucky/easy" fix

The oil was ok, even though it was a year old, no oil presure was gained from an oil change. I used 10-w30

Overall its been the best investment I have ever made, even if the trans dies it is still no biggie since I have that budgeted in with the low cost I got the car for.

It also goes to show if you see an SSEi with problems on the lot, lowball the heck out of them and WAIT....you may end up with a deal like I got.

disclaimer

My intenions here are to Not say your low oil pressure problem or brake light problem will be as easy as mine was..I had a 94SSEi with bad lim gaskets that REALLY DID have low oil pressure..this one did not however...again, to be sure and before you sink good money into ANY ssei or bonneville for that matter, make sure its NOT the gague and it has good oil pressure, really low oil pressure CAN cause serious problems in any motor..This thread just points out that if a sender fails, it can be reading 20PSI low.....Most often the gauge will be pegged though, my case was a RARE failure I have never read about on the forums.