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Oil pressure 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 sport

Tiny
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I recently bought a Dodge Ram 1500 sport Ext. Cab, when I bought it, it had been sitting for about a year with out being started, when I first started it, there was no oil pressure on the gauge and the oil light was on, I took it home and when I started it again, the oil pressure gauge came up to normal, the light went off but after about 15 or 20 seconds the gauge drops to 0 and the light comes back on, I turn it off and restart it and the same thing happens, any idea what could be wrong.
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006 AT 10:05 AM

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Tiny
BRUCE HUNT
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I would check the sender and look at it for leaks. I would also suspect that the sender is failing. When the vehicle shows pressure does it just drop to zero or slowly drop to zero?
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006 AT 11:18 AM
Tiny
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It just drops suddenly, no hesitation, the light comes on and the needle drops immeadeatly, also, is there a way to set the idle on this vehicle, it idles at around 1800 rpms, or is the idle done by the computer, I removed the Air Idle Control Solenoid to clean it, did I adjust somthing wrong maybe
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006 AT 11:31 AM

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