low oil pressure
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For starters, this probably should have been posted in a new thread of your own, but since the OP junked his truck, I guess we'll pick up from here.
If you're losing pressure at idle, it's probably not the pickup screen, but that's not always the case. The first thing you need to rule out is true oil pressure. You need to hook up a mechnical gauge and get a real reading before you drive it home.
There's always a good chance the sender and its lead have lost a quality connection, causing the gauge to go all wonky.
If you're losing pressure at idle, it's probably not the pickup screen, but that's not always the case. The first thing you need to rule out is true oil pressure. You need to hook up a mechnical gauge and get a real reading before you drive it home.
There's always a good chance the sender and its lead have lost a quality connection, causing the gauge to go all wonky.
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Good luck I wish I would have paid more attention to the guage, by the time I did it was too late. Another thing to consider is the cam bearings, mine had the 460 motor and it is my understanding that they can also cause the loss of pressure, 280+ k sounds like that motor has served you well.
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New thread etc.
For starters, this probably should have been posted in a new thread of your own, but since the OP junked his truck, I guess we'll pick up from here.
If you're losing pressure at idle, it's probably not the pickup screen, but that's not always the case. The first thing you need to rule out is true oil pressure. You need to hook up a mechnical gauge and get a real reading before you drive it home.
There's always a good chance the sender and its lead have lost a quality connection, causing the gauge to go all wonky.
If you're losing pressure at idle, it's probably not the pickup screen, but that's not always the case. The first thing you need to rule out is true oil pressure. You need to hook up a mechnical gauge and get a real reading before you drive it home.
There's always a good chance the sender and its lead have lost a quality connection, causing the gauge to go all wonky.
I agree with you about finding out the true Oil Pressure. However, the drop in pressure was brought on at driving speed and continued at idle as well. Now if I drove the truck a short distance then sat it awhile before restarting it, the pressure idiot guage would go back to normal for awhile once restarted. So, I limped the truck home and eventually everything returned to normal. Over the weekend I will put a True OP guage on it and do an oil change and see what is really happening. So far, I think my old gal still does not want to blow up on me just yet!!!
Thanks again for all who were kind enough to respond.
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Dropping the pan...
Thanks again.
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