Poll- who had a failed oil pump on their Camaro? - Page 72

george · 03-10-2022, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JTRJSS

Just got the call from the dealer. The low oil pressure was caused by a bad oil pump. They changed the oil pump in my car.
2020 ZL1 10 spd auto 15,000 miles.

Well, maybe they didn't fix it for the 19 and 20's

JTRJSS · 03-10-2022, 12:39 PM

This was one of the hand built LT4's from Bowling Green.

Mark R · 03-10-2022, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JTRJSS

Just got the call from the dealer. The low oil pressure was caused by a bad oil pump. They changed the oil pump in my car.
2020 ZL1 10 spd auto 15,000 miles.

Yikes! 15,000 miles is the "sweet spot" mileage for pump failure.

arpad_m · 03-10-2022, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JTRJSS

Just got the call from the dealer. The low oil pressure was caused by a bad oil pump. They changed the oil pump in my car.
2020 ZL1 10 spd auto 15,000 miles.

You might want to put in your vote for the 2019 in this poll then.

MakCamaro · 03-10-2022, 12:58 PM

Why not ask the OP add 2020 instead?

MakCamaro · 03-10-2022, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JTRJSS

This was one of the hand built LT4's from Bowling Green.

Any chance they may have used an old oil pump instead of the updated one?

Mark R · 03-10-2022, 01:05 PM

I'm sure the engine builder used whatever pump the factory provided to him. The problem is the shit quality of the pump internals, which goes back to both design and manufacturing of the pumps. It could be that GM prescribed everything about the pump materials and construction, or the pump supplier made the determination. All of us will never know.

Z OH 6 · 03-10-2022, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Boosted4life

I work for a GM dealer and there no confirmation from GM yet that there is any issues with a bad batch of oil pump so far.

Really?

https://gm-techlink.com/?p=12041

Z OH 6 · 03-10-2022, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by george

Well, maybe they didn't fix it for the 19 and 20's

There will always be random issues in any year model. The trend shows 2017 and 2018 most affected which indicates there was a consistent issue in those two model years.

MakCamaro · 03-10-2022, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark R

I'm sure the engine builder used whatever pump the factory provided to him. The problem is the shit quality of the pump internals, which goes back to both design and manufacturing of the pumps. It could be that GM prescribed everything about the pump materials and construction, or the pump supplier made the determination. All of us will never know.

Yes, but my understanding so far is that the oil pump has been updated several times since 2017/18. Is there any way to find out the oil pump version on this latest failure?

JTRJSS · 03-10-2022, 01:40 PM

I ordered the car in early December 2019. Remember there was a GM strike September 15 to October 25 of that year. This may have been a left over 2019 build for a ZO6.

MakCamaro · 03-10-2022, 01:57 PM

Hopefully... I mean I am very sorry for your car and I hope you get everything sorted very soon. But I was under the impression that this oil pump issue was something of the past...

Evansa22 · 03-10-2022, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark R

Yikes! 15,000 miles is the "sweet spot" mileage for pump failure.

I would agree, mine failed at just a hair over 15k miles

arpad_m · 03-10-2022, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MakCamaro

Why not ask the OP add 2020 instead?

Because those 2 already posted as 2019 may have been a 2020 or 2021, and also because the pump was last revised in 2019 as far as I can tell. Setting it to 2019+ would actually be a better idea (if renaming/relabeling poll choices is allowed by this forum engine).

View Poll Results: Who has experienced an oil pump failure?
2016 or earlier	20	13.79%
2017	53	36.55%
2018	67	46.21%
2019	2	1.38%
2020	2	1.38%
2021	1	0.69%
Voters: 145. You may not vote on this poll

03-10-2022, 12:39 PM	#996
JTRJSS THE GREEN GOBLIN Drives: 2020 ZL1 Rally Green Met.10 Spd AT Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Harrison, NY Posts: 158	This was one of the hand built LT4's from Bowling Green. __________________ Rally Green Metallic, Sun Roof, 10 Speed Automatic. Mild 2 Wild exhaust controller, Brandmotion Curb Alert. More to come.

03-10-2022, 12:58 PM	#999
MakCamaro Makis Drives: 2020 Red Hot ZL1 A10 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: London - UK Posts: 806	Why not ask the OP add 2020 instead? __________________ Red Hot 2020 Camaro ZL1 A10 <-- Enjoying the hell out of it Mosaic black 2018 Camaro 2SS A8 (sold)

03-10-2022, 01:40 PM	#1005
JTRJSS THE GREEN GOBLIN Drives: 2020 ZL1 Rally Green Met.10 Spd AT Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Harrison, NY Posts: 158	I ordered the car in early December 2019. Remember there was a GM strike September 15 to October 25 of that year. This may have been a left over 2019 build for a ZO6. __________________ Rally Green Metallic, Sun Roof, 10 Speed Automatic. Mild 2 Wild exhaust controller, Brandmotion Curb Alert. More to come.

03-10-2022, 01:57 PM	#1006
MakCamaro Makis Drives: 2020 Red Hot ZL1 A10 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: London - UK Posts: 806	Hopefully... I mean I am very sorry for your car and I hope you get everything sorted very soon. But I was under the impression that this oil pump issue was something of the past... __________________ Red Hot 2020 Camaro ZL1 A10 <-- Enjoying the hell out of it Mosaic black 2018 Camaro 2SS A8 (sold)

03-10-2022, 01:05 PM	#1001
Mark R Drives: 2018 ZL-1 Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 948	I'm sure the engine builder used whatever pump the factory provided to him. The problem is the shit quality of the pump internals, which goes back to both design and manufacturing of the pumps. It could be that GM prescribed everything about the pump materials and construction, or the pump supplier made the determination. All of us will never know.

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