Crankshaft problems

Crankshaft: Spinning mechanical piece that receives the movement of the pistons and transmits it to the gearbox.
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Oil pressure and engine noise

Chevrolet Camaro 1996  171000 miles
My Camaro's oil pressure drops to zero when it is at idle speed. When accelerating it, it only reaches a quarter of the pressure and, both at low or high speeds, the engine sounds as if it were not greased enough. I checked and found that it is the crankshaft that is making the noise. I don't know what is failing.
jed from United States 11 years ago  
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Lil from United States 11 years ago
It might be a failure in the oil pump and be careful because it can damage the engine completely.
123456 from United States a year ago
Oil pump is failing I had the same issue several times
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It won't start

Chevrolet Camaro 1997  76000 miles
My Camaro z28, 1997 suddenly does not start. The engine begins running but won't finally start working. Coils and the crankshaft sensor have been checked but everything seems to be alright. There is no spark in the spark plugs, and I was told it is the computer that is failing.
nib from United States 11 years ago  
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vin from United States 11 years ago
Buddy, I have a Camaro with exactly the same problem and, effectively, it turned out being a failure in the computer prom.
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Engine and Transmission Problems

Chevrolet Camaro 2011 V6, 3.6L LFX 80000 miles
Hello together, I owned a Chevrolet Camaro in September 2022 and just got problems over problems since February 2023. I hears unusal noises, coming out of my engine. I thought it would be a connecting rod bearing damage. Nobody wanted to fix the engine. After weeks of search, i just found a workshop who want to fix it. The workshop replaced my timing chain, cause they thought it will solve the problem. After picking up my car and driving only like 20 miles, the car wouldnt start anymore. After that the workshop find out that the crankshaft is broken and i also got a connecting rod bearing d… Read complete
Robiinnn25 from other 2 years ago  
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There is no spark

Chevrolet Camaro 1997  164000 miles
There is no spark. I've already checked the optispark and crankshaft sensor and they are both alright. The coil and ignition switch are working properly just as well. What might it be? Does the crankshaft sensor send the signal to the optispark, then to the ignition switch and finally to the coil or how does it work?
mabel from United States 11 years ago  
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