2013 F-150 oil pressure indicator.

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Discussion Starter · 2 mo ago

About 8 weeks ago my truck alerted me with an audible tone and I saw my oil pressure “gauge” on the cluster drop to zero. I had the obvious panic moment and then the light turned green. As I hit the gas pedal and expected to hear a screech, the alarm went off and my pressure went back to normal. As I said that was an about 8 weeks ago. It’s happened many times between now and then, but never under load and acceleration. Any ideas?

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YooperDave

· #2 · 2 mo ago

Assuming the oil level is full, a number of things can cause this: contaminated oil, plugged oil filter, a poor electrical connection, usually at the sending unit, the sending unit itself, weak oil pump.
The mentioned are the most common causes.

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Echo Bravo

Discussion Starter · #3 · 2 mo ago

YooperDave said:
Assuming the oil level is full, a number of things can cause this: contaminated oil, plugged oil filter, a poor electrical connection, usually at the sending unit, the sending unit itself, weak oil pump.
The mentioned are the most common causes.

Thank you! I’ll start there!

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Gearjammer64

· #4 · 2 mo ago

Same thing happened to my Mountaineer and I replaced the oil pressure sending unit and it never done it again

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