cavalier oil pressure issue

[HeWhoKillz]

So this 89 cavalier with a 2.4 v6 auto has an oil pressure gauge that when i stated the car dropped to zero and the car missed out. A few minutes later, the oil pressure shoots back up to normal operating level and the car ran normal. um...could this be an oil pressure sensor going bad? or what else?

[HeWhoKillz]

What are the signs of a bad oil pump?

[shorod]

Did the car actually begin to misfire, or was that maybe psychological due to seeing the pressure drop? If you can correlate the misfire to the pressure gauge then the problem is not just a bad sensor. Have you checked the condition and level of the oil to make sure the car has enough oil and that it's not like molasses?

-Rod

[HeWhoKillz]

Originally Posted by shorod

Did the car actually begin to misfire, or was that maybe psychological due to seeing the pressure drop? If you can correlate the misfire to the pressure gauge then the problem is not just a bad sensor. Have you checked the condition and level of the oil to make sure the car has enough oil and that it's not like molasses?

-Rod

Are you asking am i psychotic? lol. No, the car was misfiring as the level dropped. The car was vibrating. The oil was filled and it still continues and I'm not catching any patterns except for when I'm going slow. It hasn't had an oil change in a while only cause the thing burns a quart of oil in a week. I suppose the engine could have a major sludge problem with it burning oil.

[shorod]

Yeah, if it burns oil that quickly the oil pressure gauge is not the major problem....

-Rod