Houston......we have a problem!

tommyguns

Do you happen to know what your oil level was at the time, this can happen when the engine gets low on oil.

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JohnsZ

You know what.....Now that you said that, and I forgot to mention this, I noticed that the number on the oil pressure gauge was very low, between 140 and 180. I probably only went about 3 or 4 miles when this happened and I just assumed that the low reading was just because the car was not fully warmed up. Could there be a connection? But why wouldn't the oil light come on?

Sorry...I meant the oil temp gauge.

cheshirecat

Eh, I've had a couple of VQ engines get REALLY low on oil (less than a quart, clued me in to severe oil consumption) and they never hesitated. I did get a lot of valvetrain noise, though, which I would consider the best indicator of low oil.

No low oil light either. Pretty sweet.

My best guess with this problem would be a malfunctioning MAF or VVEL position sensor.