oil pressure drops at high speed

Asked by Rwoods43701 Aug 31, 2020 at 05:31 PM about the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe LS 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

i have a tahoe its a 2001 5.3l   i can drive it around town all day no issues...
now when i get on the highway going 70 or even like a state route going 55  it
takes it a little bit like 25 to 30 mins of driving at that speed  oil pressure drops
down to 20 i hear ticking like a lifter i pull over shut the car off then wait 2 to 3
mins ticking gone oil pressure is back up and 25 mins later it does it again  i
replaced the oil sending unit and it still does it  im stumped on this

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GuruPD8FJ answered 3 years ago

Did you replace the screen below the sending unit? Oil is getting much hotter at those speeds but still should not drop pressure. Check screen.

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Rwoods43701 answered 3 years ago

on the 2001 there is no screen below the sending unit that was verified by chevy dealership they did not start putting screens in until 2007

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