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Old May 28, 2008 | 11:22 PM
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Oil pressure?

What would cause my oil pressure not to be steady, sometimes it is normal and sometimes is all the way passed the H, bad oil pump, slug build up? talk to me guys please
 
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Old May 29, 2008 | 12:21 AM
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I assume you have the stock oil pressure gauge?
 
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Old May 29, 2008 | 12:43 AM
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yeah I do have a stock oil pressure gauge
 
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Old May 29, 2008 | 03:17 AM
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Try replacing your stock sender and get back to us.Mine read real low oil presure tell I put in a wet guage and now I have any where rom 12-15ish warm at a light to 50-55psi going down the road.
 
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Old May 29, 2008 | 04:47 AM
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What year is your truck?
 
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Old May 29, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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Yeah its most likely the sending unit. I found out on here, that our gauges in these trucks are all electronic, so they can be pretty inaccurate.
 
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