You dont want to feel OR hear the symtoms. If you think you have a bad pump unscrew the oil sender and screw in a pressure gauge.
There are several signs of a failing oil pump. A few signs are low oil pressure, increased temperature, and noise.
A loud whining noise, excessive oil consumption, loss of power, and a vehicle that smokes can be symptoms of a failing turbo. Also, a failed turbo sometimes leaks oil that can be seen on the body of the turbo, and a failing turbo many times deposits oil on the piping that leads to the throttle body.
A failing fuel pump can indicate two symptoms before failure. There may be the feeling the engine is choking or running erratically after start and then failing. The second can be screaming or high pitched wailing from the pump itself. Most modern passenger car fuel pumps are quite and the noise can be a critical symptom of impending failure.
The oil pressure is dropping at this time. A clogged oil filter, clogged oil pump screen or failing oil pump can be the cause.
None, oil pumps are not prone to wear out or fail. If the oil pump is actually failing the whole engine is probably worn.
Low oil pressure or fluctuating oil pressure.
* low engine oil level * plugged oil filter * oil pump is failing * oil pressure sending unit is failing The first 2 are eliminated with a fresh oil change.
Noisey pump, hard starting, stalling. Replace the fuel filter and have a fuel pressure test run.
The oil pump on supplies the oil to the bearings. The oil being squeezed by the bearings is what creates the pressure. If you are loosing then the bearings would be the problem.
your oil pump could be failing
No oil pressure, engine noise, engine failure.
You have either or and low oil, oil pump is failing, oil filter is clogged.