Oil pressure gauge

Asked by Richard Apr 01, 2018 at 06:20 AM about the 2001 Dodge Durango SLT 4WD

Question type: General

My oil gauge goes up when I accelerate, but goes
back to 40 when idling. This just started
happening.

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EdS2K answered 7 years ago

This is normal. Oil pressure will increase as you accelerate then drop as your engine RPM's drop. Maybe the gauge wasn't working before?

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