Kevin, This happened to my sister's car recently, it turned out to be a bad sender (located at the bottom of the oil filter canister). However, they verified this with a mechanical gauge, and I'd recommend you do the same - unless you want to try the shotgun approach to parts replacement. (?) Not lkely that you suddenly have no pressure, but it's not impossible either... (!)
:-) -- Dave M. Boise, ID 1994 E500 - 94kmi (Q-ship) 1987 300D - 258kmi (Sportline) > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:56:29 -0400 > From: "Kevin J. Slater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [MBZ] zero oil pressure this am.. > > I was getting ready to back out of the garage this morning and for > whatever reason I decided to watch the oil pressure gauge come up on my > 87 300TD. It didn't. I thought maybe it was just slower to come alive > than I remember. Popped the hood and didn't see or hear anything odd. > Popped the oil fill cap and didn't see the normal amount of blowby. > Shutdown the engine. > > I did do some work on checking the wiring to the aux fan, maybe I > managed to knock the oil pressure sender line out of whack? What else > should I start checking? > > ...Kevin > 87 300TD 277k mi
