AS Long as you get it to temp, and keep it there a while. A single pass
down the 1/4 doesn't qualify ;-)
TonyC
13.055 @ 106.42 NA on street tires
-----Original Message-----
From: srp@cox.net <srp@cox.net>
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Oil Pressure Problem
>
>What about 110 mph NX passes at the track, or 150 mph passes down the fwy?
:^)
>
>Sam
>www.socaldakota.com
>619-274-1292
>
>
>>
>> From: "Tony Cellana" <acellan1@tampabay.rr.com>
>> Date: 2004/01/14 Wed AM 09:59:47 EST
>> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>> Subject: DML: Re: Oil Pressure Problem
>>
>>
>> 3000 miles is a good number. It sounds like you are using non synthetic,
>> and doing short trip driving where the motor doesn't get a chance to get
>> fully up to temp. This often leads to sludge issues.
>>
>> If this is the case, once a week or so, take it out where you can run it
for
>> a 30 minute interval all at once. It is all the 5 minute trips around
the
>> corner that will sludge you up.
>>
>> TonyC
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian Mingle <bsm11@cornell.edu>
>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>;
>> dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>> <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
>> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 8:20 AM
>> Subject: DML: Oil Pressure Problem
>>
>>
>> >
>> >Hi All,
>> >
>> >Yesterday on my way to work, I lost all oil pressure. It was running
>> >between 40 and the pegged mark on the gauge. I took the truck back to
the
>> >dealership where I purchased it, it was on my way to work, and they said
I
>> >had sludge on the bottom of the oil pan, and it was clogging the oil
sender
>> >in the bottom of the pan. Sounds like a reasonable thing to me. My
question
>> >is; what causes this? and how can I prevent it from happening in the
>> >future? Should I change the oil sooner than every 3,000 miles, like I am
>> >doing now? Is there another explanation as to why I had such a build up?
>> >
>> >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> >Thanks
>> >
>> >Brian S. Mingle
>> >1998 Dakota Club Cab Sport 4x4
>> >5.2 Magnum V8
>> >Emerald Green Pearl
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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