....or is my oil pump going out? I, like another member here (can't remember his name now) had a problem with some knock on start up due to oil pressure being slow to rise up. I decided to remove the filter and check the valve in the bottom of the stand pipe (I still can't get it off. I stuck a screw driver down to see if it would give any and seemed to move very little.) Well, when I removed the filter not even 20 minutes after parking, NOoil came out like it usually does (you guys know what I'm talking about)! I turned the filter over and I could still see clearly the by-pass valve at the top of the filter....only a light covering of oil was on it. I cranked the engine over with a remote starter (didn't start it) and oil came out with good force. I have good oil pressure (at least at the sending unit where I hooked up the guage line and sending unit). This was with a Napa silver filter. Could the anti-drain back valve in the filter have been faulty? I installed a Purolator 30001 and seems like oil is flowing through it, at lest the filter warmed up pretty quick after I started the engine. The light goes off immediately after start up, but the guage seems slow raising up (it is a cheap-o equis guage). Just what I need right now...
Thank you for any help.