I guess that's the next step for me as well. As soon as this guage
pod bulk buy happens, I'll have a place to mount it. ;)
Thanks for all the replies everyone.
jim
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 06:03:06AM +0900, Kevin wrote:
> Can you put a direct reading gage on it to see what kind of pressure you
> have. My '95 does the same thing. the needle is to the far right on the
> gage. I put an aftermarket gage in , and showed my pressure to be normal.
> Usually 50-60 psi.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Gifford" <jim@giffords.net>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:24 AM
> Subject: DML: oil pressure oddities (GenII)
>
>
> > My 93 Dakota (318 with almost 95,000 miles) has had what I would
> > consider to be "high" oil pressure since I got it (at about 93,000
> > miles). Sometimes, the pressure guage needle is just one needle
> > width from the top of the "normal" range, but most times it is
> > about 2 to 3 needle widths. I don't know if this is safe and
> > normal. This is the first vehicle I've ever had with oil pressure
> > that high.
> >
> > I've also had about 4 occurances of the oil pressure dropping to
> > 0, and the oil light coming on. Each occurance was after heavy
> > braking (not heavy enough to lock up though). Should I be worried?
> > Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening? With
> > the short yellow lights around here (marietta, ga), heavy braking
> > is often required. :(
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > jim
> >
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