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Broken oil pump, plugged sump, disconnected or broken oil pump shaft. Also, if I recall correctly this is driven off a lobe on the camshaft. I would doubt that the camshaft would wear flat or that a broken camshaft would not show itself in other more extreme ways. Perhaps a broken thrust bearing on the end of the camshaft may cause it to drift enough to lose connection, but I would bet the first sentence would cover the problem. Hopefully pulling the pan would explain what is going on.

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