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1998 Deville.


Vocabulist
07-29-2007, 10:48 AM
I bought this car at a great deal cause, supposely, it needed an oil pump... I test drove it, drives great. So I bought it, it's about an hour drive from where I live. I took the oil cap off, gave it gas and it got on my hand, this means the oil pump is good right? So I'm driving down the road, car is saying turn off and chimes won't shut off...I'm like hell, I'll risk driving it like this. I drove it like that for an hour, no engine noise or knocking, drove perfect besides them annoying chimes. It did not over-heat, the car never gave me problems nor did it make any weird noises. This leads me to the oil sending unit. So I've never been a chevy/caddilac man. I'm no mechanic.. But I do my oil changes, rotors, brakes (http://www.cadillacforum.com/m_10395/tm.htm#), plugs, stuff of that nature. Do you think I could change the oil sending unit? One more thing, where is the oil sending unit located on this car?

Thanks guys in advanced.

caddydaddy
07-29-2007, 12:04 PM
I'd hook up a pressure gauge just to confirm that the oil pressure is ok. But yes, that does sound like the sending unit is bad. I'm not 100% sure where it is, but I think it is near the oil filter housing.

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