I had same problem w/Ferd 289 years ago. Traced it to a change in motor
oils brands. Try Super Havoline 10w40. I swaer by it.
--tm
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> From: Hoopgj@aol.com
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Oil pressure drop!!
> Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 8:34 PM
>
> 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
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