Hello, my name is Raul and i'm new in this forum......
I had a 2004 ram 1500 everham edition.... i loved that truck it had a custom interior wheels from the factory it had the hemi and i put a jet chip and a cold air intake
but it was 2 years old already so i trade it in for a 2006 srt 10... this truck it's realy fast i think i like this truck better that the old one.... but i think i have a problem
in my ols ram the psi gauge was always over 50 psi and never moves down or up.... but in my new truck the srt 10 it moves down when you stop and up when i'm driving it
is that normal or it's that something that i have to be worry about..... can anybody tell me... i will apreciate... thnks

excuse my english but it's my second language.

 

That is very normal, almost all cars will do that.

 

Right that is normal for your oil pressure to be around 40psi at idle to around 60psi while on the accelerator. Doesn't hurt to keep an eye on that gauge as your coming to a stop or gearing down. I had an oil pump malfunction in mine that caused the pressure gauge to read extremely low while off throttle and decelerating. If that gauge does drop below normal levels you will see a 'check gauge' warning light. If you ever have your oil pump checked be sure they check oil lines as well. Sounds obvious but I'm speaking from experience in this case.

 

thanks for the replys.... but mine goes down to 25 psi......my hemi never did that not even my old 3000 gt, do you guys think thats normal?... it only has 600 miles

 

Thats normal pressure at idle on an engine that has completed its heat soak.


The only thing that you should have checked at first oil change (recommend at 1500 on a new engine) is the damper pulley bolt. Have the dealer double check that its torqued to spec. Vipers and Ram SRT-10's have had issues with the damper pulley bolts not being torqued properly.

BTW, you should visit VTCOA.com ... lots of information on our RAM SRT-10's

 

Another thing to check is the MAP sensor on the truck. A bad sensor can cause things such as the oil gauge to act sporadically. Normally a bad or tripped MAP sensor will show error codes when the dealer hooks up the diagnostic system to it. It would also most likely give you a check engine light. My truck just had this happen yesterday in fact. Pulled out of a Wawa and the oil pressure level dropped consideraby. It also through off the mixture and caused the engine to shut off. Doesn't sound like you have this issue but it's one thing to keep in mind as I thought this was a reoccuring issue with my oil pump, yet it was the MAP sensor that caused the low pressue readings.