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Subject Low Oil Pressure and shaking while at idle.
     
Posted by BannonZ on April 02, 2008 at 11:43 PM
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Message Alright, so here's the story. This is the first week that i have driven the Z since November, except for one occasion. It was prepared for winter and I started her almost every week.

I took it out once the week before last to clean it up. It drove fine then and the oil pressure didn't seem to be a problem.

When I start her now and when I'm at idle sometimes i see puffs of smoke coming out of the exhaust but then subsiding and once in a while i catch a distinct smoky smell with my windows open.

Now for some reason whenever she's at idle the oil pressure drops real low and the car seems to shake as if the engine were struggling.

Now, the car starts and drives perfectly fine. When driving I get the oil pressure back up to 60 but then when at idle again the pressure falls to halfway between the last and the next needle.

As driving progresses the problem becomes less and less prominent.

Sound familiar to anybody? Should I not be driving it until it can be repaired? I have to get it 30 miles home tomorow before i can pick up my Maxima. All help is appreciated.

CTZCC

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