98 taurus oil light blinking

[anthony m]

Originally Posted by samurch

This doesn't happen until I have brrn driving for 20 minutes or so and even when the car is warm but sits for 20 minutes it won't start again for a few minutes. Does this change your prognosis at all? I got a Haynes manual and it says I have to drop the Y pipe to remove the pan is that your experience as well? How big a job is this and what parts do I need besides the pump and pan gasket?

hello that is usually the way they act must run for a while then sludge gets sucked into the screen and causes oil pump to become ineffecient thus lower oil pressure like i said this is common on the 3.0 taurus and sable of course there could be other problems such as worn crankshaft bearings but i havent seen that happen on this motor AS LONG AS YOU DONT CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR W/LOW PRESSURE a shop will probly charge around 4-450 to do it for you but if you are mechanical it takes around a half day for someone w/out all the proper tools such as we have at a shop yes the exhaust has to come down the starter also then the pan USE A PENETRANT ON THE EXHAUST BOLTS if you snap them you have a problem good luck, anthony

[samurch]

Originally Posted by anthony m

hello that is usually the way they act must run for a while then sludge gets sucked into the screen and causes oil pump to become ineffecient thus lower oil pressure like i said this is common on the 3.0 taurus and sable of course there could be other problems such as worn crankshaft bearings but i havent seen that happen on this motor AS LONG AS YOU DONT CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR W/LOW PRESSURE a shop will probly charge around 4-450 to do it for you but if you are mechanical it takes around a half day for someone w/out all the proper tools such as we have at a shop yes the exhaust has to come down the starter also then the pan USE A PENETRANT ON THE EXHAUST BOLTS if you snap them you have a problem good luck, anthony

Thank you very much for your help, I guess I know what I am doing this weekend! Will I need to replace any exhaust gaskets or anything besides the pan gasket? Will the pump come with a new screen?