Oil pressure drops

Asked by GuruC5F5Q Feb 07, 2019 at 12:02 AM about the 2000 Dodge RAM 1500 SLT 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Why does the oil pressure drop and come back
when i slow down and idle

1 Answer
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Rupprat answered 5 years ago

I have the same issue with my 2000 ram I’ve changed Everything After changing bad plenum gasket it stopped a few days but came back Same when I add oil additive or 10/40 oil Most recent change was Pcv valve and elbow Nothing works I have noticed that it happens when rpm falls under seven hundred Yet my truck idles at six hundred Dodge knows about this problem since it’s bee going on for twenty plus years

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