Occasional Oil Pressure Light for 2-3 seconds in my 318. Should I panic?

Skip the chrome junk. Either way, both of those pans use an OE pickup and that pickup MUST be touching the bottom of the pan or 9 quarts won’t be enough.


STOP what you are doing and get a copy of the Factory Service Manual. It has all this stuff in it.

The biggest mistake I’ve seen is using an OE pan and pickup and not getting the pickup on the pan.

Then guys use the HV oil pump and they claim the pump is “sucking the pan dry”.