oil light just started coming on 95 Mazda 626


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kaper
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Nov 4, 2008, 2:57 PM

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I replaced my valve cover gasket on my 95 Mazda 626. There was a bunch of build-up under the cover so I scraped it off the best I could, taking care to not let the "gunk" fall into the motor. I thought I had done a good job of this but now the oil light comes on after about 1/2 mile and it is ticking really bad. I was told to put some gunk remover in my oil and change my oil and filter. I have done that twice now and the problem still is there. Now I'm being told to replace my oil pump, because that build-up may have plugged the screen on the oil pump. I am at wits end after dropping a few hundred dollars and it getting worse. Please help me and I appreciate your time. Thank you.

dmac0923
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Nov 4, 2008, 7:19 PM

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Re: oil light just started coming on 95 Mazda 626	Sign In

have you checked the oil level? making sure its not leaking past your new valve cover gasket and your low on oil?

when you saw, you scaped off the inside of the valve cover and made sure not to get any in the motor??? how did you do this? why didnt you just do it on a bench or something??

your going to have to find out your oil pressure.....you could very well have sludge blocking your oil pump intake screen
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Tom Greenleaf
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Nov 5, 2008, 2:59 AM

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kaper: You found and cleaned/scraped off that much junk/sludge and didn't change the oil right then? These engines don't sludge up so easily so finding that suggests wild neglect and probably "game over" for that engine.

You really can't just take years of neglect away. Solvents to clean the sludge will usually just move it too fast and plug lots of things up. Was it ticking before you went in there? If not then and it is now try ATF as the solvent, look again under valve cover and make sure oil can return at all. If you've driven it too much with oil light on it's almost certainly a lost cause,

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