Oil pressure

[tmansmith]

My 2003 Ranger V 6. Oil pressure gauge goes crazy when at idle r stopped I need help. Got plenty of oil judged changed to synthetic Royal Purple. Thxs for any help

[96_4x4_XLT]

Originally Posted by tmansmith

My 2003 Ranger V 6. Oil pressure gauge goes crazy when at idle r stopped I need help. Got plenty of oil judged changed to synthetic Royal Purple. Thxs for any help

how much did you put int and what engine is I the truck

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[tmansmith]

v6 vulcan engine

[96_4x4_XLT]

Originally Posted by tmansmith

v6 vulcan engine

so the 3.0
how much oil did you put in

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[tmansmith]

almost 5 quarts

[rangerlocal]

Make sure the level is reading within the hatch marks on the dipstick. That's more important than quantity.

Then again, I'm not sure that at idle if it's going crazy the problem is the quantity of oil. It may be the sending unit acting up; usually gauge problems are attributed to that thing. The gauge is just a dummy gauge anyway, and is not uncommon to fluctuate wildly in both directions. If you're concerned, use a manual gauge at idle in place of the sending unit to make sure. High pressure at idle is nothing to be concerned about though, as long as it's not extremely excessive.

But, the only reason pressure would increase at idle (which is a slower moving oil pump!) would be if there was a clog somewhere. I think the sending unit is on its way out, because when the ground connection goes it gets full voltage, pegging the gauge. Which sounds like what you're getting.

Oh yea, and just for precautionary measures, I'd change the oil filter. Maybe the filter is clogged somehow and reads high pressure until the bypass opens up. But if that was the case I'd suspect the pressure would be low until the bypass opened, but I suppose anything is possible!

[tmansmith]

Thanks I need the help it seems like it happens on long drives not short hops

[sacramentokid]

My truck does similar stuff when I first got the truck the oil gauge would dance around like it was posessed or something mostly at idle changed the gauge cluster and it stopped dancing around... Now what it does is if I'm say in fifth gear and slow down to fast without pushing the clutch in right before the engine would stall out my oil gauge bottoms out and then if I catch it by throwing it in neutral or pressing the clutch In it shoots back up to regular pressure I don't know if this is normal or not because I'm basically almost stalling the engine out so I suppose there would be little to no pressure at that point

No I'm not a bad driver but I live in a city in California and people drive like nuts and pull out in front of you a lot so I'm having to stomp on the brakes in a emergency type situation at least once or twice a month lol

[dfpgnm]

Agree with the wiring suggestions.

[tmansmith]

Hey I changed oil sensor problem solved THKS

[sacramentokid]

Cool man how much did that run

[tmansmith]

Bout 15. for the part & 10. to change it

[sacramentokid]

Nice