2015 Viper Oil Pressure Drop

[Steve M]

Note: this is not my Viper.

I was clicking around on YouTube, and came across this new video review of a 2015 Viper (TheTopher Channel):



Looks like it just posted yesterday.

Bottom line: fast forward to the 6:00 mark and watch the oil pressure gauge as he accelerates in first gear. The oil pressure drop is the first thing I noticed, followed by the red flashing.

The oil pressure drops pretty bad as the RPMs climb at other parts in the video as well.

Looks like the owner's name is Tom, and he'd be located in Michigan.

I don't know if anyone knows the YouTube channel owner or the Viper owner, but if you do, someone needs to make sure this guy knows what's going on.

I left a comment on the channel page, but I have a feeling it's going to get lost in the sea of comments already there.

[ViperGeorge]

Yikes! It could be a bad oil sender, they are crap, but then again if it isn't he will grenade his motor soon.

[Steve M]

Yikes! It could be a bad oil sender, they are crap, but then again if it isn't he will grenade his motor soon.

Hadn't considered that one, but remember now that that could also be an issue.

Either way, I'd want to know for sure one way or the other.

[SRT BILL]

Hmm, he could also be down a couple of quarts of oil.

[ViperSRT]

Good catch. I expect it is low oil level but in any way needs to be checked soon.

[Steve M]

Update: message received by the owner, so mission accomplished.

Sounds like it was low on oil according to him - he topped it off, and everything appears to be back to normal.

Best of luck to him, and thanks to all for looking!

[Steve-Indy]

Great catch, Steve !!

[swexlin]

Hopefully no damage was done though. I still can't see how the driver (was the driver the owner?) didn't notice that. I mean, it's right there in your face. Another reason I always drove with the Perfomance Pages up.

[Steve M]

Hopefully no damage was done though. I still can't see how the driver (was the driver the owner?) didn't notice that. I mean, it's right there in your face. Another reason I always drove with the Perfomance Pages up.

Driver was not the owner in that video - owner was in the passenger seat.

[No hemi]

My Calvo H/C build has been doing that, I just replaced all valve springs, retainer and a valve( valve spring broke) and a new piston, I checked the oil level and it was ok, My other gen5 used to do it but it was low OIL level, wonder what might be causing it ( doesn't do it every time) on my car, oiling issues should have been fixed with the calvo build, so hopefully a bad sensor