Re: oil pressure

From: abbjr@banet.net
Date: Mon Mar 09 1998 - 13:52:54 EST


George Brian Ritchie wrote:
>
> Howdy,
> I have a problem. Once my truck warms up to normal operating temp. I
> get this problem with my oil pressure. The pressure is fine while driving
> or giving it gas at an idle. The problem comes in when I come to a stop or
> just sit there in park. The oil pressure gauge goes all the way to the low
> peg, then it goes back up to normal it does this back and forth. It is
> really sporatic. Sometimes it stays so low to the point where I think it is
> not going to back up again so I get ready to shutdown the engine,but then it
> goes back up again. This has just started to occur in the past couple of
> days. While driving it stays fine. I checked the oil level and it is the
> same as when I changed it. It's not eating oil. A friend suggested that
> maybe my oil pump is getting ready to go. Could this be the problem? Any
> input would be grreatly apprecciated.
> Thanks in advance.
> George Brian Ritchie
> gbr@pacifier.com
> 93 cc 4x4 318 LE
>
> @ @
> $
> \___/
I saw this in a Camaro once, turned out to be the sending unit. Worth
checking it.

Bob Brobak
97 Dakota CC



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