jam234
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- June 26, 2007
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- City, State
- Dallas,PA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2001XLTSPORTv8/4door/awd
I have a 2001 xlt sport 5.0 with 82k that i've had since its has 45k, when i first got it I used kendrall synth blend for 2 changes then switched to motorcraft synth blend and motorcraft 820s filter. Since I got it 3 years ago there has been low oil pressure when it starts then suddenly it would go to good pressure range, then in cold weather the symptoms were magnified. Three weeks ago the idiot oil gage started jumping like it was possesed, I'd stop and turn it off and it would be ok for another 100 miles. When I got it home I got it to my neighbor who is a Ford dealership mechanic who does work at night on the side, he hooked up a real pressure gage and yet loosing pressure. This weekend he took the whole engine out, it looked like someone baked brownies in the valve covers, the oil pump screen was 75% clogged. He's cleaning out all the sludge, new oil and water pumps, injectors cleaned,new exhaust gasget(he noticed a leak), bearings were good, adding on the gibson cat back while it in there. Has anyone ran into this type of problem?