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2000 Dodge Durango Oil Pressure Intermitant

Tiny
BCOOP
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  • 2000 DODGE DURANGO
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 140,000 MILES
I have a dodge durango with 140K miles. The oil pressure is intermitant. When I start it, oil pressure comes up then as it runs, it will fall to zero and then come back. Some time it will stay at zero for up to 5 minutes. It this a possible pump failing or a sensor?
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Monday, January 11th, 2010 AT 12:52 PM

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Tiny
BLACKOP555
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Kinda iffy but im leanign towards a bad sensor. Short in the wiring or a bad guage.

Disconnect the sensor and remove it form the engine and perform a oil pressure test on it to verify. Shoudl be around 10 psi per 1000 engine rpm.
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Monday, January 11th, 2010 AT 6:30 PM
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MARKIE777US
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Most of the time the oild sending unit will go bad b4 the oild pump, 9 out of 10 times its the oil sending unit which is the pressure sensor, my durango typically holds 40 psi at idle and 60 at traveling speed
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 AT 12:24 PM

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