oil pressure

2000 DODGE DURANGO
V8
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BRANDY
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the oil pressure goes to zero and there is a ticking in my engine on a 2000 dodge durango v8
Dec 12, 2010 at 8:13 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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With low oil pressure the lifters are usually the first item to get noisy, start with getting an oil pressure test with a mechanical gauge, this will give you the actual reading, dash electrical gauges are very inaccurate, report the readings here.

mark (mhpautos)
Dec 14, 2010 at 12:00 PM
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