Is the oil level TOO high? This can lead to aeration of the oil, which can
lead to momentary lack of oil pressure.
TonyC
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Berry <coolva1@home.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, June 08, 2001 2:32 AM
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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