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[Black2003Vert]

Yeah, I think my Cobra is fu**** again. God damn piece of shit. Just had the motor built after blowing it. Now, I'm coming home, come to a stop, and wow, my oil pressure drops all the way down and comes back up. Does it again, so I hurry up and get it home. Put it in the garage, let it idle, and there it go's, down to nothing. I am so fu**** tired of this damn car. I think its time to say goodbye. I'm not waiting any more money on this crap.

 

[fr03cobra]

woow., sorry to hear that. That could have been my cobra too. what is ur build date? Mine is sept.2002. Did you try to get a new tunner? I read ur earlier threads.

 

[ASVT2NV]

geeez man that reallllly sucks..

 

[KENZILLA]

Yeah, I think my Cobra is fu**** again. God damn piece of shit. Just had the motor built after blowing it. Now, I'm coming home, come to a stop, and wow, my oil pressure drops all the way down and comes back up. Does it again, so I hurry up and get it home. Put it in the garage, let it idle, and there it go's, down to nothing. I am so fu**** tired of this damn car. I think its time to say goodbye. I'm not waiting any more money on this crap.

I feel your pain!! I seem to have little things that creep up on my car, that turn into lots of money, time and aggrivation. I am about sick of mine as well. Just tired of spending the money that it takes to keep up a high HP car. Mine is up for sell as we speak.

 

[CobraMarkVIII]

b4 u sell ure car, could it just be your oil pressure gauge shittin the bed, I know from several other ford vehicles, that the oil pressure gauges read incorrectly or do the same exact thing that ures did, but in reality it was just a faulty gauge.
A couple years ago, I recall having this happen to me on one of my 96 cougar, but it came back up instantaneiously, and it was just the gauge kickin on and off due to a bad connection. Until i fixed the connection, it would do this once in a great while

 

[Posi]

Damn you need a really good mechanic/tuner to straighten that thing out for you!

 

[anvrsy red vert]

Do you have any warranty on the new motor from the engine builder?

 

[Fuerza]

Dude take your car back the Murillo Motorsports and tell them to fix it. Something isn't right here. I've seen you post about your engine in other threads. :shrug:

 

[Nicky Pass]

If its an oil pressure problem...and the motor was just built, the builder and tuner should stand by their work and fix it!

 

[KingCobra03SVT]

I can understand your frustration. If you can try to take it back to whomever put the new motor in and have them diagnose the problem and fix it for you and you are back on the road because it could be something minor like a faulty gauge or connection that its not reading right.

 

[BlueSS]

Don't give up just yet man, bring it somewhere and have it diagnosed!

 

[ShelbyGuy]

sell the cobra and get that prius you seem to be aching for.

all high performance is an exercise in break-and-replace. you shoulda left it stock if you didnt want to play this game (sorry if the truth hurts)

 

[Black2003Vert]

Yup, thats what I get for wanting a fast fu**** car. I'm not gonna lie. I love my car and I hardly ever drive it now, but, damn, give a brother a brake on the pocket book. I dont think its the gauge, because I noticed when I was bringing it home, the pressure was a lil bit lower than normal. Thats why I think it is the oil pump. As far as the motor, I did all the work with exception of assembling the short block.

 

[SicStang03]

What should the oil pressure reading be??... I put to much oil in my car and I don't know if my pressure is off...

 

[Fuerza]

Yup, thats what I get for wanting a fast fu**** car. I'm not gonna lie. I love my car and I hardly ever drive it now, but, damn, give a brother a brake on the pocket book. I dont think its the gauge, because I noticed when I was bringing it home, the pressure was a lil bit lower than normal. Thats why I think it is the oil pump. As far as the motor, I did all the work with exception of assembling the short block.

Did you ever figure out the knocking from your previous thread?

 

[Black2003Vert]

Melted pistons. My car has always ran a lil more than half way on the gauge. Wednesday, I did notice it was a lil bit lower, like right in the middle. Than , later that night, is when it started dropping all the way down and coming back up. Today, I get a call from a friend of mine saying that his Cobra was doing the same thing. His is a 96 and has a lot more miles but damn.

 

[JMD0346]

For every guy that has problems theres 100's of us that dont. I think some of you bring it on your selves. Not saying you did at all. i just see alot of mistreatment of these cars.

 

[Black2003Vert]

I'm not gonna lie, I would get on my car alot. This is one reason I wish I had more friends with Terminators that are well educated on these motors to tell me what to do and when.

 

[Fuerza]

Did you ever get a compression and leakdown after the rebuild and break in period? What kind of oil pump are you using? Billet oil pump gears in it?

 

[Black2003Vert]

Its the stock pump. I was thinking about bying the Melling oil pump, but, when I went to their web site it said that it had OEM specs. It was an upgrade for 2 valve motors.