my dad had the same problem in his ram. The oil pickup got clogged up.
supposedly you can drop the oil pan with out pulling the engine on the
rams. It could also be the sending unit. one of the 2 should fix it.
btw-my dad's ram is now pushing 190,000miles
hth
Scott Miller
89 Shelby Dakota #322 - 360 C.I. V8 (12.25 @ 112.41 mph) "FASTDAK"
95 SLT CC V8 5.2 auto
----- 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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