bad oil pump

[Anonymous]

on the way to work this am i was driving fast on the freeway, noticed that my oil pressure was dropping, when i got off the freeway i noticed a ticking sound, i usually hear that sound when the car starts for a sec, then goes away, now i am hearing it all the time. last time i checked the oil level was ok a few days ago. im going to receck it now. if the oil level is ok, should i suspect that there is a prob with the oil pump?

 

[Anonymous]

jest went out and checked my oil, there is none in the car, i jsut checked a few days ago and it was fine. there are no noticeable leaks. any ideas out there? when i start the car i get a puff of white smoke from the exhasut.

 

[Anonymous]

i feel like an idiot kinda i put 3 qts into the engine and now my pressure is back, and tick gone, i swear that i just checked it last week though. maybe i am burning copius amounts of oil.

 

[MustangSix]

well, at least you know the pump is good.

You may be burning the oil. Take a good look at the PCV system to make sure it's not being sucked out of the engine and burned that way.

 

[Anonymous]

ok so here is the deal, my fuel pump has been leaking. it was leaking right at the block, so i think fuel was going into the engine, when i removed the pump there was a oil/ gas mix that came out. i replaced the pump and no more fuel leak. so i guess that oil was leaking out of the pump etc. so far so good, and no more fuel smell in my car