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Low Oil Pressure

02-12-2006, 03:08 PM

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JEverett

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Low Oil Pressure

17k miles on 2005 3500. Oil pressure reads 40+ on initial startup. After warmup, pressure drops to 20 at idle and doesn't return to 40 until over 1500rpm. Just started doing this past week. Took it back to Dodge dealer and they said the factory specs were 10psi at idle-30psi at 2500rpm. Bull..... 10psi is in the middle of the "red" zone on the factory oil guage. It has always read 40-50psi until last week when the dealer changed the oil!! Any thoughts?

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