Sounds like your sending unit is about to crap out.. Mine did that, then I
changed the oil... BOOM.. no oil pressure, oil light came on, etc... No
problems though... Changed the sending unit $50.00 charge from dealership.
Good as new.
Sam '00 RT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Tim Berry
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 11:16 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Oil Guage drops to 0 for a sec..
>
>
> Okay, this has happened about 3 times now...
> every time, (so far) it seems like after I have tranny work done, or do
> tranny work...
> I'll be coming to a stop, when the "ding ding" check guages light
> is on, and
> my oil pressure guage is at 0, stays at 0 for about 5 secs, then
> comes back
> up... But, the dip-stick is full... and this last time, I had
> just changed
> my oil about 2 weeks ago...
>
> First 2 times, I had Dino oil in it, last 2 times, Synthetic... Could
> there be something wrong? I'm kinda confused.. it dosent fluctuate in a
> funny way, just drops off to 0, then comes back up real fast... normal
> driving, its steady...
>
> Any suggestions? (remember, the oil pan was all the way full every time)
>
> Tim Berry
>
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