No Oil Pressure! It’s back! Chevrolet Silverado 5.3

35 thoughts on “No Oil Pressure! It’s back! Chevrolet Silverado 5.3”

1. Great video.. just a thought though.. while the intake is off,always check the blom bolt torque.. the factory leaves them loose often!! Kudos for the entertainment aka sanity maintenance..

2. C5 corvette is more Dificult to remove that that one and with the socket and swivel i change it two times takes just 20 minutes if you never ever try you never going to know good video anyway for those who want to work hard and not smart😂

3. Older 454 can be done with a 3/8 reduced to 1/4 on an oil socket, hard reach under the distributor but beats removing the intake, also helps to have a topside creeper😊

4. Jesus thats so much effort for a sensor thats known to fail.

5. I lay a piece of plywood on the engine and lay on it. You can then find the right combo of extension and socket. Literally, laying down on the job.

6. With a small amount of editing this video could be 1/2 the length. We don’t need to see each bolt pulled, and each injector wire removed. One of each would be just as instructional.

7. I always remove it without taking off the intake save my customers hundreds and they always hire me afterwards and recommend me so much better for business than selling them work it doesn’t need

8. 15 minute job from driver side remove one connector and walah your hand fits behind intake!

9. Chillin in the backwoods

10. Somebody's getting paid by the hour and not by the job… You most definitely do not have to take apart the intake manifold to change out that sensor. The proper socket, swivel, and extensions and you can have that sensor replaced in 20 minutes flat

11. Wasting time with pulling all that crap off

12. Why pull the intake manifold? The sending unit is readily accessible by just removing the wiring harness.

13. Exact same thing happened to my avalanche got low on oil and then the pressure sensor stopped working even though there was oil and oil pressure

14. I've replaced like 30 oil pressure sensors I've never removed An intake manifold on any LS based engine. It's really not that bad it's about 5 minutes. Stop doing it that way.

15. Doesnt it sweep just the same every time you start it?

16. Who brings their vehicle back to a mechanic when its way over due for an oil change? Like not brushing your teeth before going to the dentist.

17. I became a pro with the 1500 and 2500, have a avalanche myself and love to work on it, I have rebuild the transmission the transfer case and the front differential boy am I tired

18. One little thingy yah maybe coulda done is check how tight the Vlomy bolts were while you were in!! But love the vid bro! 👍😂

19. should've checked those valley cover bolts. They get loose and that's part of the reason those AFM lifters fail. There's pressurized oil ways under there for the AFM. which I'm sure you know. I'm a machinist and we never use compressed air around our lathes and mills because it tends to just push the crap into the machines.

20. Taking the intake off?

21. you didnt change the filter for the sensor ?

22. Oil pressure sending unit w/filter could be replaced without removing intake

23. It's not too difficult to remove intake on these
    And it gives chance to update intake manifold gaskets to metal one🤷
    And lets you inspect the valves for buildup and check the valley bolts torque 😳
    And and clean out the throttle body real good
    And and the manifold to🤷
    Or could skip all that get in there with a boroscope to find that sensor and struggle to get on to it with an assortment of wobbly attachments and extensions and do it in maybe half the time but not half the cursing
    But full half assery🥴

24. Did you clear all codes to make the gauge work?

25. Thank you

26. We never removed the intake you can remove the sensor without all the extra work. I've removed and replaced the sender and screen in under 10 minutes on a good day.

27. I was faced with this sensor failure a few days ago. It came about because of the classic primary ground harness failing. I chose the “ go behind the intake instead of taking it off method” . It was a painful task thanks to the engineers.

28. No need to remove the intake you can reach the sensor from top just disconnect the fuel line yes it's a little of a pain to get to the back but can be done in 15 min this way don't forget to change the screen that sits in the oil pressure sensor port you can take it out with a hook. After you did this and you still have oil pressure issues you can try to change the O ring on the oil pick-up tube. If this also doesn't work especially by engines with 200k miles or more you can change the Oil Pump for a high volume Melling Pump this will solve all the issues. How do I know well because I did it several times.

29. Says no one, lol… you dont have to remove the air manifold at all, I have done 100s of them and no you dont have to to remove it…

30. What is the plug called beside oil sending unit
    I know it goes to valves for AFM
    But what would you call that plug?
    I punched mine putting cover back on

31. Way to shoutout

32. Got a 2007 Yukon with the 6.2 doing the same thing, new sensor, oil pump and o-ring. It doesn’t show completely low but it runs about 8 psi at idle any ideas?

33. holy crap – talk about going around your ass to get to the hole…goess the next class is on "how to fix and intake manifold leak on a 5.3l…lol

34. I changed the oil sending unit without moving the intake. Hard to do but it can be done.

35. Why is it…the trucks keep getting taller and wider yet there's less room under the hood to work on things? You now need a skyhook just to check the oil!
    I miss the days when I enjoyed doing maintenance in my truck.

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