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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 08:30 PM
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2000 3.0 oil pressure sending unit location

Also how is the oil pump driven without a distributor. Got a friend who said his oil pressure dropped to nothing, although I question this since he claims he drove it another 5 miles and it was still running fine when he turned it off.

Is there any common problems maybe I should know
 
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 10:12 PM
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The pos 3.0 can and will run without a working oil pump. If the cam sensor gear fails the oil pump stops and the motor eats itself. Horrible engineering by ford.
 
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if the cam sensor gear failed wouldn't the engine quit running, he say's it was running just fine when he shut it off.

If this is the problem how does a person go about fixing it. I haven't even looked at the truck yet just trying to get some ideas before I do.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 08:54 AM
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If the oil pump stops because the cam gear fails, the engine will continue to run.
 
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