Hey guy's, new guy here. I just bought yesterday a 1996 Dodge 3500 4X4 with a V-10 and auto trans. It only has 128,000 miles. It has a Mechanical oil pressure gauge hooked to the oil filter area. At idle I have 0 oil pressure at 70mph I have 25. A buddy of mine said I need to bleed the line as he thinks there is air in it? What do you pro's think. Thank you Steve

 

Whats the factory gauge say?

 

may be a clogged port

and if you hve 0 PSI at idle, its a bad idea to go up to 70 with only 25PSI IMO

any knocking?

 

No it runs and sounds great. The only guage is the mech one.

 

??? they should all come with an oil gauge on the cluster right? ive nevewr seen a ram without one.

 

Yes it did but they did away with it.

 

How??

 

I can only assume that the sensor either isn't there or is disconnected.

 

It was probably cheaper to hook up the mechanical one. I changed out my sensor. My old one gave me zero readings then climb when I gave it gas. The new sensor was astronomically high. We use to call them oil sendor switch. I guess by calling them sensors rather than switches you can charge a ton.

 

Ok so today I decided to bleed the oil line. It did help some so now I have 0 at idle and at 1,200 rpm 20 psi and at 2,000 rpm 30 ish. If I quick rev it I get 60. So I guess for now it will be ok. Thanks every one who replyed. Steve