Re: Oil Guage drops to 0 for a sec..

From: Steve Owens (sowens01@rochester.rr.com)
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 20:05:29 EDT


Already had my Dak into the dealer for it. According to the service manager,
he asked the mechanic to check it with a mechanical guage, but he didn't
know whether the mechanic actually did it when I stopped to pick it up. He
only said the mechanic couldn't find anything wrong with it.

In my case, the drop only happens after the truck is warm & at idle, so it
could be either the sensor or something that only can be seen when the oil
is thinned from heat. Either way, it's still doing it, so the dealer's gonna
get a call Monday.

Will keep everyone informed.

on 6/9/01 9:58 AM, SEMIHEMI01@aol.com at SEMIHEMI01@aol.com wrote:

> Hey Guys,
> Install a mechanical gauge temporarily and see if the it is a true
> pressure drop or a false reading one. I had a friend that had an oil pickup
> that was bent during installation at the factory and the pump would loose
> prime at times when stopping due to oil shifting foward away from the pickup
> screen. This was on a GM product but could be same problem. His was new too.
> Bill
>
> SEMIHEMI01@AOL.COM (Bill C.) 2001 QC, 4.7L, KENNE BELL SC'ed, 5spd.
> 3.55 LSD, Bored & polished TB, 10w-30 MOBIL 1, GIBSON 3" Single <A
> HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/semihemi01/">"THE DAK"</A>
>



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