oil pressure loss

Asked by Viper_5804 Jan 17, 2017 at 09:30 PM about the Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Oil needs to be changed but no noises just oil pressure loss

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Rowefast answered 7 years ago

If this is a 2007 and up, there is a screen under the oil pressure sending unit that needs to come out and be replaced. It gets clogged up and so then the sending unit does not read the correct oil pressure. Since the oil pressure sending unit is out anyway, should just replace it.

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