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Question: Oil pressure gauge variation

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Visitor, 5.9L V8, Bedford, KY, April 26, 2011, 04:08

When I start the truck up the oil pressure gauge reads normal. When I accelorate the oil pressure gauge drops to almost nothing. If I let off teh gas the pressure returns some. Is this a sensor issue or an oil pump issue?

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    Tyreguy April 26, 2011, 05:37
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    I've seen this before in high mileage trucks of varying makes. In most cases the oil pickup screen (attached to the oil pump)is/was clogged, allowing just enough oil through at low RPM's, and very little at higher RPM's.
    The oil pan will have to be pulled to verify the problem either way.

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    daughertyl, April 26, 2011, 15:16
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    Thanks!! I had not thought of that as a possibility.

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