# 2002 Toyota Sequoia oil pressure drops **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** sequoia, toyota\ **Created:** [December 12, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-toyota-sequoia-oil-pressure-drops/130695 "2018-12-12T06:52:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RangerRick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@RangerRick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RangerRick)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-toyota-sequoia-oil-pressure-drops/130695/1 "2018-12-12T06:52:31Z")
Oil pressure drops off. Normal was the bottom of the 4th bar. Needle now drops down to the middle of oil gauge . Yesterday at a stop light it the neddle on the gauge bottomed out as if I had no oil pressure. The engine oil lamp did not come on so I got off the road and found it was full of oil. It now run 1 bar below normal on the oil gauge. My thought is oil sending unit or oil pump has taken a dump. Thank you, Rick ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-toyota-sequoia-oil-pressure-drops/130695/2 "2018-12-12T13:45:49Z")
Have it tested with a mechanical gauge. If it reads ok it is likely the sender or less likely the dasg gauge itself. If the pressure is low, it could be a lot of reasons other than the oil pump… ---
**Author:** ![RangerRick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@RangerRick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RangerRick)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-toyota-sequoia-oil-pressure-drops/130695/3 "2018-12-12T17:42:40Z")
Thank you Mustangman, Ranger