why is my oil temp so high
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03-11-2011, 07:37 PM
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03-11-2011, 11:22 PM
1. That would be oil pressure not temperature.
2. What weight oil did you use? How much oil did you put in? Changed the pcv valve and or breather lately/ever?
3. Could be a bad sensor, though I can't explain why it went bad at time of oil change. I don't know 100% but there should be some type of check ball/valve in the oil pump that regulates pressure, if it is sticking that could cause high pressure.
My 2 cents.
2. What weight oil did you use? How much oil did you put in? Changed the pcv valve and or breather lately/ever?
3. Could be a bad sensor, though I can't explain why it went bad at time of oil change. I don't know 100% but there should be some type of check ball/valve in the oil pump that regulates pressure, if it is sticking that could cause high pressure.
My 2 cents.
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03-13-2011, 03:14 AM
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My 95 Dakota club cab 4x4 318 (176,000 miles) runs about 55-60 lbs running down the road with 10-40 in it. I just pulled an idenical donor 95 on a toter from Laverkin Ut to the southwest corner of Wyoming and the oil pressure stayed the same even on some long step grades (3 to 6%) where it was bound to get warm.