High oil pressure?
From : mac davis
Q: happy st. pattys day... as i was reading this group my wife called and said that she was bringing the dakota home... got a check engine light a few blocks from home and needed to trade trucks and get to work.. i wont be able to have the codes checked until saturday but will be checking it out a bit later today... she said that she got a check engine light and the only gauge that wasnt normal was the oil pressure.. she said that it was up close to the h im assuming at 25 mph or so not at idle and that it was usually in the middle or slightly higher.. any quick ideas on if/why high oil pressure would cause a ce light 01 dakota 2wd 4.7l auto... ill check vital fluids etc. when it warms up a little outside... im also hoping that it was a freak light and i wont be able to make it go on again.. *g* btw she knew from past experience to check the fuel cap but the tank was filled last week and she just got the light this morning.. any suggestions appreciated id like the ram back asap.. mac https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/woodstuff.htm .
Replies:
From : tom lawrence
i was logging on for a quick update... ran out to it in this damned rain and checked it out.. its not a check engine light its a malfunction indicator light mil tah-may-toe tah-mah-toe... same difference .
From : tom lawrence
i wont be able to have the codes checked until saturday but will be checking it out a bit later today... why you cant cycle the ignition key til saturday an 01 dak will display the codes on the odometer - click the ignition on-off-on-off-on. .
From : mac davis
on fri 17 mar 2006 153008 gmt tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote i wont be able to have the codes checked until saturday but will be checking it out a bit later today... why you cant cycle the ignition key til saturday an 01 dak will display the codes on the odometer - click the ignition on-off-on-off-on. thats next tom... *g* thanks for the quick reply... i was logging on for a quick update... ran out to it in this damned rain and checked it out.. its not a check engine light its a malfunction indicator light mil the manual yeah i rtfm says it monitors the emission and engine control system... possibly the catalytic converter thanks again tom... youre quick! mac https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/woodstuff.htm .
From : mac davis
on fri 17 mar 2006 162127 gmt tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote i was logging on for a quick update... ran out to it in this damned rain and checked it out.. its not a check engine light its a malfunction indicator light mil tah-may-toe tah-mah-toe... same difference ok ok... but then there is also the check gages light... spelling from manual mac https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/woodstuff.htm .
From : tom lawrence
ok ok... but then there is also the check gages light... spelling from manual yep... and theres that blue headlamp-looking light and the two green arrow-shaped lights and the orange gas-pump-lookin light and... the check gauges light comes on along with a chime when a gauge needs looking at high water temp high/low oil pressure high/low volts. but thats got nothing to do with the check engine/mil/sfu light. .
From : mac davis
on fri 17 mar 2006 170225 gmt tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote ok ok... but then there is also the check gages light... spelling from manual yep... and theres that blue headlamp-looking light and the two green arrow-shaped lights and the orange gas-pump-lookin light and... the check gauges light comes on along with a chime when a gauge needs looking at high water temp high/low oil pressure high/low volts. but thats got nothing to do with the check engine/mil/sfu light. im sort of partial to the one that tells me that od is locked out... but the cruise one is pretty also.. *g* thanks again tom.. mac https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/woodstuff.htm .
From : christopher thompson
on fri 17 mar 2006 170225 gmt tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote ok ok... but then there is also the check gages light... spelling from manual yep... and theres that blue headlamp-looking light and the two green arrow-shaped lights and the orange gas-pump-lookin light and... the check gauges light comes on along with a chime when a gauge needs looking at high water temp high/low oil pressure high/low volts. but thats got nothing to do with the check engine/mil/sfu light. im sort of partial to the one that tells me that od is locked out... but the cruise one is pretty also.. *g* thanks again tom.. mac https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/woodstuff.htm i like my high beam indicator that flickers when im driving with the headlights off or on low beam *grin* -- -chris 05 ctd 99 durango .