Same thing on my '94 V-6 at 147k. Replacing the sender did
nothing, put a manual gauge on it for a double check, same
thing. Next step is to pull the engine and remove the oil
pump! :-)
Dwight
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack 3" <hemi@charter.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 10:16 AM
Subject: DML: strange V6 problem....any help ?
> OK, my Brother got a 93 V6 CC in a trade a few weeks ago
> and he was getting ready to sell it but it has a very
> weird problem. He serviced the tranny, put a timing chain
> on it, water pump, etc etc.
> So nw what it started doing is when the truck is good and
> hot, and you start really throwing down on it (going inmto
> passing-gear,hard launches, etc) the oil pressure guage
> drops to 0 and the light comes on.We checked and it seems
> to be fine, but it just does this in this circumstance.
> The only way to get the light out and the guage back up is
> to let the truck cool down completely.
> We thought it was a bad sending unit, but we changed it
> and it does the same thing.One note: When we removed the
> old sending unit there was a pressure build-up inside the
> crankcase.This was evident by the 'ppppffffttttt' we heard
> when we took the sending unit out.Just like a leaking
> tire.
> I thought maybe there were some nylon teeth from the
> original timing gear sucked up in the oil pickup, but this
> truck does not use nylon teeth on the timing gear.
> I am still thinking that somehow some trash got into the
> pan and sucked up, and maybe when the oil thins out when
> it's hot that whatever it is is moving around enough to
> throw a light.
>
> Anyone ever had anything close to this happen ?
>
> Jack 3
>
>
>
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