Defective oil pressure sending units was a real common problem in the '90s. The common symptom was dropping gauge readings at idle but the "Check Gauges" light did not turn on.
We prefer to check the actual oil pressure first with a mechanical gauge but since this was so common you may want to just replace the sending unit as a test.
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Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 AT 9:24 PM