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Old 04-06-2017, 11:30 PM
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I can drive my truck a few miles and the oil gauge drops to zero and goes right back up. It won't do this sitting in the drive , even if i put it into drive gear. There is no noise coming from the engine when this happens, so I replaced the sending unit above the filter, and it still does this. I change the oil a while back after redoing the head gaskets. The check gauges light will come on and immediately go back out and the hand will sweep back up. This only occurs when I come to a stop at a light . Do you have any ideas ? Please help !
 
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Welcome to DF!

How's the oil level?

Check out the third gen ram section.
 
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The oil level is fine. I went over every thing, but just can't seem to figure it out. A lot of people tell me it might be the gauge going bad or has gone bad.
 
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Ram or Dakota?
 
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It's a Ram 1500 SLT model ,4DR, Quad cab, w/tow package.
 




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