dropping oil pressure

From : Annonymous

Q: have you got a winterfront on it or at least a piece of cardboard over the bottom half of the radiator budd winter is taking a firm grip here in montana and no matter how long we idle the 04 cummins it wont warm the cab until after about 10 miles of interstate driving. trouble is its only 5 miles to work. the wifey is miserable with this and she wants me to trade it on a gas powered version so that she can get some heat. were buying her a new jeep in february and i want to hold her off on selling the 04 until then at which time ill take it over. i cant have her being cold going to and from work. i can plug it in 4 hours prior to cranking or all night long and it still wont warm up. i can plug it in all night long and then idle it 30 minutes before leaving and it still wont warm up. my old ford had an apc where i could set the rpm on anything i wanted and leave it there warming up. any way to do that on the dodge any ideas would be appreciated. thanks .

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From : mike simmons

hi i have a 1991 4x4 v8 extended cab dakota. what is the easiest and possible most affordable way to get it at least 4 to 6in. higher all the web sites i look at dont seem to have anything for a dakota that old. thank you for any help. .

From : james goforth

briansantoro@yahoo.com says... wow i always liked the look of the durango. as for the v6 my dakota is a pig wish i got the v8 in it. or better yet bought the ram. @big4.bellsouth.net nlhomer@bellsouth.net says... hello! maybe someone in this group can answer this question..the wife and i were looking at a durango the other day and she told me that durangos only came with v-8s.this was told to her by another person who had bought one.any truth to that statementany reply is welcome b.h. believe me you wouldnt want one. unless your idea of power was your old vw microbus.. seriously its a total dog. a dakota with that engine is a dog and it weighs about a half ton less than a durango. the 4.7 is tolerable and nothing more. not to mention the durango is seriously infected with the ugly virus.. bdk i almost bought a 2003 durango but it had pretty much the same seats as the jeep grand cherokee and they killed my back. i really liked the looks of the original but the new one bleecchhh!! bdk hemi ram owner.. .

From : bob

did this problem show up before or after installing the new air filter .

From : bubba

normandonald@bellsouth.net wrote i have a 87 truck that i bought recently. well i have seen that when the motor gets hotter the oil pressure drops but i can sit still rev it and the pressure will come up alil ..i am not in a position to install a new pump and no funds to...could someone give me some alternativesto what it could be... thank you thats pretty common in well used dodge trucks. as tolerances widen there is less restriction to create the pressure and so the pressure drops. no big deal. if its low only at idle dont sweat it. just keep the revs up a tad while at a stop light. not too much though or it strains the converter. if its low during low speed operation thats a problem. but all you need to do is switch to a heavier oil like 10w-40 or 15w-50. -- ..bob 1997 hd fxdwg - turbocharged! 2001 dodge dakota qc 5.9/4x4/3.92 1983 gmc jimmy - mountain beater 1966 mustang coupe - daily driver 1966 ffr cobra - ongoing project .

From : theguy

winter is taking a firm grip here in montana and no matter how long we idle the 04 cummins it wont warm the cab until after about 10 miles of interstate driving. trouble is its only 5 miles to work. the wifey is miserable with this and she wants me to trade it on a gas powered version so that she can get some heat. were buying her a new jeep in february and i want to hold her off on selling the 04 until then at which time ill take it over. i cant have her being cold going to and from work. i can plug it in 4 hours prior to cranking or all night long and it still wont warm up. i can plug it in all night long and then idle it 30 minutes before leaving and it still wont warm up. my old ford had an apc where i could set the rpm on anything i wanted and leave it there warming up. any way to do that on the dodge any ideas would be appreciated. thanks nate i feel your pain ^. these things are cooooold-blooded fer sure! thats why i have heated leather seats in mine even tho i am scorned and ridiculed by some in this ng ^. seriously tom is right... you should have the fast idle feature he mentioned. it will kill a cylinder and bump the idle to 1100 rpm... check your om for more info. also as budd said a winter front will help. i got mine from alaska tent and tarp which has a website but the url escapes me now if you cant google it let me know and i will look it up in my records. plugging it in overnite will help too but still in spite of everything mentioned above you will get scant heat in 5 miles. if you are going by the temp gauge i doubt that you will see it move in five miles however on mine i will begin to get a lukewarm discharge from the vents in about 3 miles. i set my vent position to the notch below full floor and in about three miles i turn the blower onto low speed. at that point you can begin to get a little heat from the mighty cummins. it is an annoyance but sigh it is the price we pay for the joy of the cummins. if you need more info holler mike .

From : nitpik

on fri 3 dec 2004 224811 -0700 nitpik bubba@mindspring.com wrote its probably ok .. i have a 87 truck that i bought recently. well i have seen that when the motor gets hotter the oil pressure drops but i can sit still rev it and the pressure will come up alil ..i am not in a position to install a new pump and no funds to...could someone give me some alternativesto what it could be... thank you is it still above the minimum normal mark if so i wouldnt worry. are you using synthetic oil the dash gauges are well known for their inaccuracy anyway. if it is below the normal mark and your using dino oil i would put a more accurate gauge on it before i sweated over it. .