2G HELP!!! Way too low oil pressure

[-DSM2NR-]

My oil pressure is way too low. It stays low even after driving 20 miles or more. It's way below the middle mark. It's very close to zero. When I hit WOT the pressure increases but never passes the middle mark. What the hell is wrong with this thing? Might it be crankwalk?

By the way, there's enough oil in the car. Even more than there should be.

 

[kenamond]

What have you checked out besides your oil pressure gauge? Is your oil level good? Are you using the right weight oil? Did this just start happening all of the sudden?

 

[-DSM2NR-]

The oil weigh is good. There's enough oil in the car. When I was driving the car home from a 200mile trip on the highway the pressure slowly decreased (we're talking about 60mph cruising speeds in the 3500rpm range) until it got very low just a milimeter or so above the L.

I've heard that dsm's are notorious for their sucky oil pressure gauges. Might that be the problem?

 

[Black91TSiAWD]

Oil pump or pulley maybe?

 

[Siral3x]

Got a 95 GST, same thing here. I cheked with a lot of people, everybody said as long as it's moving from L don't worry about it. At 3500rpm I hit the 1st mark, 4000+ it goes a little higher then that just a bit.

I had compression checked everything looks ok and in specs. The factory gauges are bad, like the stock boost one

 

[kenamond]

I assume you mean that the oil level is okay *after* the pressure dropped.

If you were ever thinking about installing an aftermarket oil pressure gauge, maybe now's the time. I don't see how an oil pump would fade like that. Hope the gauge is dying and not something else. I won't claim to be an expert on this. Hope someone helps, or find a legal way to bump the thread or repost until someone can help - or go to the local mechanic

I believe that you'd hear crankwalk; things brushing against other things, not necessarily restricting oil flow.