Lose of oil pressure

Asked by Raymond Oct 05, 2016 at 11:53 PM about the 1997 Dodge RAM 1500 Laramie SLT Club Cab 4WD

Question type: General

I have a 97 dodge 1500 4x4 5.5.9l vv8 when I stop
the oil light comes on and the oil pressure gage
drops to 0 when I give it gas it goes back up I don't
have any noise from the engine I replaced the
pressure switch and it still did it i put a wet test on
it I didn't have much OP till I hit the gas so I pulled
the pan and checked the bearings they were good
the oil pump was bad so I replaced it and I had
super good pressure then as I came home it
started doing the same thing again what would
cause this

4 Answers

Raymond answered 7 years ago

Its not a car its a truck and I do maintain my truck oil. Been changed every 3000 miles thank you for your very in accurate reply

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