So the oil pressure light has been coming on when i come to a stop and the revs are low. I parked the car the other night and everything sounded fine. Go to start it up a few days later and its making a awful noise. A loud ticking%

 

Where are you located?

Have you checked the oil level?

 

So the oil pressure light has been coming on when i come to a stop and the revs are low. I parked the car the other night and everything sounded fine. Go to start it up a few days later and its making a awful noise. A loud ticking/thumping sound is coming from the engine so I cut it off. Take the car over to a local mechanic and he tells me there is metal in the oil and I should prob get a new engine.

While im no the most mechanically inclined person I do know that there is prob a better way to fix this problem instead of just replacing the engine. They werent exactly sure what the problem is unless they tear it apart and charge me a bunch of labor cost. So I called my dads friend who has a shop up in PA and he agreed to fix it for me on the cheap. He reuilt the engine in a 1st gen DSM I used to have so Im confident in his work.

I was just really shocked that this shop told me to just get a new engine. They told me a engine was $6800 and I was like um I paid a little more than that for the car. Situation sucks as the weather is perfect for some top down driving.

Just figured I would share and I hope everyone has fun driving their S.......

 

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Oil pressure light coming on likely means you're very low on oil.

Also, why'd you double post?

 

change your timing chain tensioner...it will most likely go away...i ordered mine from hard top guy and got it about 2 days later. super easy installation.

and check your oil weekly from now on!!!!!

 

Tell us again why you did not check the oil?

 

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Check yer oil level?

 

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Out of curiosity who is this?

I have a large following of DSM buddies in the PA region, more specifically York from my DSM days (had a 98 GSX with about 500HP). I know 2 of them run shops/side businesses.

It might be one of the guys I know.

 

C'mon... Not to come off sounding ugly, but the guy's motor is 'ticking...thumping...*and*...evidence of metal shavings in the oil'??? A TCT just ain't gonna fix what's ailing the OP's motor

But I do agree about... "CHECK YOUR OIL" weekly