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landon981
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3/17/2002
00:42:39

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I have a 97 dak with the 318 3.90 gear in it. My question is... I run 4.5 quarts of oil and a half a quart of stp oil treatment. Every time i rev it up my oil gauge barley moves above 40. Sometimes when it's warm it doesn't even move, like when it's registering 5 grand on the tach it just sits there at 40. Is that the oil pump or the oil pressure sensor???? I got this bad rattle too, and wondering if anybody thinks that the two may be related??? The rattle is 2500 through the rest of the tach. Is this because i have a bad oil pump? It's a thin metal rattle sound it's very pronounce, and sounds extremly awful!!!!! I know that it's not valve pinging or my cat but what ever it is it isn't pretty!!! thanx for any help!!!







adam
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3/17/2002
02:08:35

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i got a 97 318 dakota 5spd, and my oil pressure drops after speed shifting but then goes up, ever since i started runnin 6 quarts of mobil oil, the problem seemed to go away, but then came back, finally i noticed that it was my paxton super charger that wasnt gettin the pressure b/c of a faulty valve, so i changed that and turned down the psi from 30 to 22 and the problem went away.



Simpleman96
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3/17/2002
02:15:25

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You may have to pull your pan and check it out under there. I have seen some cars pump strainer screen get clogged. Some cars have oil pressure regulators in em, but I am not sure about the Daks. A noise over 2500 rpm and oil pressure problems doesn't sound good.



Todd W
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3/17/2002
08:16:01

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Could be lifter clatter above 2500RPM, which could be associated with low oil pressure. I'd get the oil pump checked and such. You might want to take it to a mechanic, or the dodge dealer for that.

The clatter worries me. There is so much it could be. Rod slap, lifter noise, worn bearings, junk in the engine... nothing (possible!).



Wayne
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3/17/2002
11:24:50

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Dude, not to scare you, but in my 1995 5.2 the lifters started rattling a little, then my oil pressure never moved off of 40 lbs(at idle or high revs). 2 weeks ago, my oil pump locked up. End of story...Except for the new engine going in. Check it out closely, it's costing me 3 grand.



Todd W
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3/17/2002
14:46:38

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Wayne!

Where the heck have you been? :0)

People thought you'd been abducted by aliens, or worse, S-10 fanatics!



Wayne Spiler
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3/17/2002
17:18:22

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You sure I'm the right Wayne?????? I am quite the knowledgeble Mechanical Engineer with a gargantuan brain, but, check out my last name.



Todd
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3/17/2002
20:53:48

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Nope, haven't a clue!



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