i have a 2002 tribute with a 3.0, the oil pressure light was flickering at a idle after i got it warmed up, if you hit the throttle to 1000 rpm or above it went away. i changed the oil pressure sending unit and now it says on solid in stead of flikering till about 1700 rpm. the old sending unit was bad and had oil coming out of it.

is it possiable that the wiring to the sending unit is bad? i am going to put a mech gauge on it tonight and try to get what the oil pressure is.

the oil level is full, there is no metal in the oil, and the motor sounds perfect, no ticks, knocks, etc. and has plenty of power.

anyone else have this problem before?

thanks for the help

 

so i put a gauge on it, i got it fully warmed up, it had around 12psi at idle(750 rpms), 20 psi at 1000 rpms, and 45 psi at 2500 rpms, the psi at idle seems a little low to me? is this normal?

 

Follow-up post by original poster. How lame is this place?