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tire size

From : destin rogers

Q: what is the factory stock tire size for a 97 2500 245/75r16 .

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From : tom lawrence

brant the problem is that all chrysler products appear to have small volume oil pumps. this is compounded by the lack of high volume pumps in the after market. low oil pressure at idle is not a problem. no oil pressure at idle could be a problem. please also remember that oil pressure is effort not flow. your question really is do you have flow at the front of the engine at idle. changing to a higher viscosity oil would compound the problem. ideally the pressure sensor should be located at the most distant point within the oil gallery but they never are. i would locate a high volume pump and change the old one out. it is cheap insurance. steve i have a 2001 dodge dakota with a 3.9 v6 and 58000 miles. recently when stopped at a stop light the oil pressure needle drops to the bottom. it happens consistently. in fact anytime the engine is at full operating temperature and the engine is idling the oil pressure drops to 0. i took it to my mechanic last week. he took the sending unit off and installed a manual oil pressure gauge. the pressure at idle was indeed 0 psi. at higher rpms he said the pressure would rise to around 40-50 psi. his diagnosis the engine needs to be rebuild. has anyone else had any exper

From : Annonymous

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