Hook a real oil pressure gauge on it , a mechanical one. If you want you
could T it in and have both. Then watch to see if the new one takes a dive.
If it does it sounds like you have somthing moveing around blocking the
screen or the pick-up is loose. If the new one stays steady and the old one
acts up either a bad sender or a bad wire.
I never trust electrical gauges. Ever see on in a race car??
GEORGE!
----- Original Message -----
From: "A. S." <adakota4x4@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 7:16 PM
Subject: DML: Ram Question - Oil Pressure
> Ok, got a problem with the Ram my cousin and I bought for a trenching
> business. The oil pressure gauge is going wacky. The pressure will drop
> for no apparent reason. It started by dropping on acceleration, then
> picking back up. Now it will all the sudden drop at any moment while at
> cruising speeds. Been doing this for about a week. It's never knocked or
> lost power. Could this just be the gauge...or perhaps faulty signal from
> the sending unit? Should we take this in to have it checked or is there a
> way to check it ourselves? We don't want to ruin a good engine if it's
the
> oil pump. Oh, the truck is a 96 Ram 2500 360 5-sp. 4x4 (80,000 miles)
> Thanks
> --Aaron--
> 95 DSRC 4x4 V6
> www.geocities.com/adakota4x4_95/
>
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