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    2012 Chevy Tahoe low oil pressure/ shop says I need new engine!

    Do you know how much they quoted you to pull the oil pan? I live in the Twin cities and I am going to call around to try and find someone that is willing to do that. the shop that I went to didn’t want to remedy the solution or try anything else after they tried a heavy weight oil after the low...
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    2012 Chevy Tahoe low oil pressure/ shop says I need new engine!

    Hey Greg, I actually just did this today even though the oil had just been changed. I added it, ran for exactly 5 minutes then changed the oil and filter, this was my first time changing my own oil, still feeling anxious about it as I am very much a noob when it comes to cars. It was idling at...
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    2012 Chevy Tahoe low oil pressure/ shop says I need new engine!

    I did specify that it was the oil pressure sensor and filter. I told him because of the holiday weekend I had a lot of time on my hands to do some research and said a lot of people mentioned that the filter often get overlooked and not replaced when a new sensor was put in and he assured me that...
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    2012 Chevy Tahoe low oil pressure/ shop says I need new engine!

    So I just got back from the shop and here’s what they had to say. I wanted to edit from my Original post, I initially said that it had 148k miles but it actually had 157k miles on it. 1.) the gave me the run down, their fix was to put in 10w-30 oil to see if they would increase pressure, they...
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    2012 Chevy Tahoe low oil pressure/ shop says I need new engine!

    Hey just getting back on here now after the holidays and about to head into the shop and talk to the guys about the truck. I appreciate the feedback and atleast have a little bit of information on what we can do to problem solve the issue vs just saying I need a new engine. I will update later...
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    2012 Chevy Tahoe low oil pressure/ shop says I need new engine!

    So a couple things, a big chunk on the shops bill was removing the manifold, and the labor/time needed to do that. 2nd- I got the low oil pressure warning at around 5psi while driving to work, but never hit 0, then the warning turned off and then turned on again a minute or two later right as I...
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    2012 Chevy Tahoe low oil pressure/ shop says I need new engine!

    Damn I really appreciate all the responses so far. I feel stupid for not speaking up when they where giving me the quote, because I had read online that it wasn’t to bad to replace the sensor just that it was blind and you had to pretty much lay on top of the engine. So let me kind of see if I...
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    2012 Chevy Tahoe low oil pressure/ shop says I need new engine!

    Is this a job I could do myself or something to leave to a mechanic? As far as the metal in the oil/shiny oil, is that something to be concerned about?
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    2012 Chevy Tahoe low oil pressure/ shop says I need new engine!

    That’s what I was kind of wondering, the engine temp never overheated, and I never heard anything out of the ordinary from the engine noise, and performance hadn’t changed. So I wondered if I could manually check the engine pressure to see what it was actually reading, versus what the pressure...
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    2012 Chevy Tahoe low oil pressure/ shop says I need new engine!

    New to the site, first time posting but have been reading many of the other posts about the low oil pressure warning everyone has experienced. Please bear with me as I am not a car person at all. Situation: 2012 Chevy Tahoe 150k miles. Wife was driving it about 20 miles to our sons...
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