Hoopgj wrote:
>In a message dated 7/15/98 1:16:40 PM Central Daylight Time,
>tstricklan@shl.com writes:
>
><< he left of center!!! Sh!t fire - I thought I was gonna have a =
> cardiac! If I shut her down for a while, I can go out and start up =
> and the oil pressure goes to 60-80 and stays there till I come to my =
> first stop or depress the clutch for any length of time, then I'm back =
> down to 25-30. Give it gas and the pressure rises to "normal" =
> (60-80). Varies with rpm by a wide margin now.
> =
> Any ideas on why this changed all of a sudden???
> =
> To anyone who actually reads all of this long winded thing - thanks =
> for at least reading it! What do y'alls oil pressures look like???
> =
> Tate >>
>
>My god I hate that kind of stuff. Get it to the dealership ASAP. Could be =
a
>bad computer, bad or clogged oil pump, or a goofy gauge. I run 5w30 =
Castrol
>Syntech in my 96, and the gauge reads alittle more than center. (doesnt =
have
>numbers)
>I had a bad battery about a year ago, and i would watch my charge gage =
move
>like a window wiper. It would go from the high dot to max when I would =
drive
>it. I ended up smokin the battery and the V reg in the alt. Good thing it =
was
>under warr.
>George
>
The early Dakotas had both an oil pressure gauge and an idiot light. My =
gauge sender failed fairly quickly and would some times read correct and =
some times read very low but the light stayed off! =
My guess is that you need the sender replaced.
BTW,
The snowplough models also had a factory transmission temperature warning =
light. Mine did but the wire from the sender to the factory harness was =
not installed and was not listed in the factory manuals...
I hope this helps.
Mark Bate
KD6RMI@K6.net
+1.510.428-9100
Think different... Beware of geeks bearing gifts.
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