Eric,
Make sure you don't overfill with oil. The Magnum engines do not have
windage trays, too much oil is worse than running the engine 1/2 qt. low. If
the crank
dips into the oil, you end up with oil foam and the pressure will drop. Just
a suggestion.......
Frank
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rekker21@aol.com [SMTP:Rekker21@aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 1998 8:11 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Oil Pressure
>
> I remember not to long ago someone talking about their guage dropping into
> the
> L land. Well , My Dak has inherited that problem. Just from out of
> nowhere
> it dropped. Truck ran fine, then it popped back up again. Its very
> inconsistent and eradic. It can happen at either an idle or 1500 or at
> 4000.
> But it never runs bad, nor does the oil dumby light come on. I just
> talked
> with a friend of mine about it and he seems to believe it could be the
> sensor
> going on it or there could be a kink in the sending unit for the guage.
> Either way, Im checking into it. Any ideas or suggestions would be
> appreciated and thanks in advance.
> Eric
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