Oil presure low

[Jay d121]

Hi there i resently bought a insignia sri cdti 130 on 2010 ,its ex funeral car and has had plenty of money spent on it ,gearbox ,clutch ,flywheel ,every service bill is over 400 quid so i thought good buy been looked after ,its got 142000 on clock ,the car not got a mark on it ,anyway ive had it 5 weeks and when i start it in the morn or after its bin stood a while the oil pressure low light came on for couple of secs then wen off ,the engine was a bit grufty sort of speak ,cant explain but wasnt a very smooth quiet drive anyway ,i put 1/2 litre of oil in and it stopped the prob then wen i finished work one evening the engine turned into a loud grufty noise with sum loud ping noise and loud tapping noise so dropped it straight off at garage .the garage spoke to me started going on about changing the shells and baring worn ,all chinese to me as i know nothing about engines .basicly the engines goosed, good anyone give me some advice to where i can go from here .i dont want buy a scrap yard engine and it not be right ive bin down that road b4 ,if i got a recon engine is that like starting ur milage from zero sort of thing where its like a new engine .i cant scrap the car as its to nice for that and ive just paid 2000 for it .im willing to spend a bit of money to put this right but i dont want the garage to fix parts in the engine and then something else mite of gone and its more and more costs ,pls can someone offer sum advice and best option available to me and a rough idea of cost thks

[exclusiv.]

Sounds like the oil pump pick up seal is failing,,been the death of many Insignia engines I'm afraid

[Witty]

The garage said they can replace the shells and bearing, but what about the original underlying problem that caused the bearings and shells to fail in the first place.

They also need to replace the oil seal on the oil pick up pipe in the sump, this will be where the problem came from in the first place.

By the way, welcome to the forum

[Jay d121]

Hi whats the best advice u can give ,should i get all bits done which will be high costs cause i can get engine with warranty fitted for 1300 thks

[exclusiv.]

Think I'd go for the engine,,before it's fitted,I'd get them to remove the sump and replace the oil pump pick up seal

[marko301]

I can't help with the mechanical side but moved topic to a more appropriate section where you may get more help. Good luck!

[sriray]

It's a common fault with this engine. Depending if it has done any damage to the engine. If it has you might have to replace engine, if it hasn't then replacing the seal should fix it.

[Jay d121]

I moved it to a different garage now as that other garage said it needed new engine and they had mnt even turned a spanner on it and they suppose be friends but had another friend with a garage so took it there ,he said engine sounded like there was no damage anyway hes fitted oil pump and he said there was a few shavings in the sump but hes stilll putting it bk together as said something about a tentioner and soon as hes done that he can start it up that was half hour ago so dont think i will know if its ok till tomoz now but fingers crossed and if it is ok im having that seal done with every service thks

[snapshot11]

When you get sorted out always allow engine to gently warm up a few seconds normally give mine half to a minute before applying any load to allow oil to circulate turbo. And same before shutdown allow engine to idle for a few seconds to allow turbo to slow down never blip accel pedal then switch off this will prolong your turbos life. Any oil light or message in future switch straight off and have it looked at.

[Witty]

Don’t need the seal replacing with every service, that would just be throwing money away.

[Jay d121]

Top news for me cause i stopped driving it straight away ,its fired up after an oil pump and is now running perfect ,thks

[sriray]

Fantastic news. Glad it turn out positive in the end. So i take it you not going to use the first garage anymore. I wouldn't anyway. I'm very picky with my garages. Still on the hunt for a trustworthy one

[Jay d121]

Well not all good news after starting it up and letting it run after 5 min started to leak from sump near gearbox ,took sump off resealed and again still leaking so last i heard sump was cuming off again to check for a crack .he thinks its sum seal cause oil is all over driveshaft and due to new pump he seems to think the pressure has blew a seal so till part comes tomoz im in limbo .hard work cars

[Jay d121]

Ok in need of finding out wats wrong with my insignia sri 2010 .it resently wen started from cold said oil pressure low ,anyway start making a loud noise the engine so i shut it down took garage ,the garage fitted new oil pump with seals and cleaned all sump out and put fresh oil built it up then it started a oil leak after 5 min from near gear box so replaced another seal and rebuilt .started no problem and sounds perfect on tick over but when u press clutch fly wheel gone noisy so i know that needs be replaced. Now but the bill so far is 350 on parts ,but wen u rev the engine it sounds like its spluttering and quite loud ,then bk on tick over its bk to perfect ,the mechanic has come stuck says hes never cum across this b4 .he said the insignias wen the oil pump goes they normaly seize up but this sounds like its down on a cylinder but its not its all reading as it should on the computer ,has anybody got any idea wat this could be not drove it yet as he dont want anything else happening to it .thks