1996 Other Toyota Models oil pressure

1996 TOYOTA
143,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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G-WRIG11
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recently bought a 96 toyota t100 pickup.after engine gets warm oil pressure gauge drops to 0 at idle.owners manuel shows this as normal.there is no noise or indication that engine is starving for oil.so my question is do i have a problem or not?
Aug 17, 2008 at 8:23 AM
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2CARPRO JACK
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0 oil pressure is NEVER normal unless the engine is off.Install a manual oil pressure gauge to verify pressure.If ok, you could have a bad sender or gauge in the truck
Aug 17, 2008 at 8:54 AM
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