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check gauges?! - 4/28/2007 3:54:54 PM    boohoops   Posts: 140 Joined: 1/20/2007 From: pacifica, CA Status: offline im sure this has been answered before but i dont hav time to look thru th archives for it. here's my problem: recently my check gauges light has come on but only for a few seconds at a time.it duznt happen every day but it shouldnt happen at all, right?what exactly duz this mean?is th issuse serious or can i jus ignore it?thanks for any input Post #: 1

RE: check gauges?! - 4/28/2007 7:15:16 PM    imnothot02 Posts: 2245 Joined: 7/18/2005 Status: offline well did ya check ur guages, what is not correct oil psi.........? or somthing else... _____________________________ ---Travis--- 2002 Chevy Trailblazer LT 4.2 1996 Subaru SVX LSi AWD 3.3 L Flat 6 (Highway car) 1987 Grand Am 2.5 L Inline(Just keeps going and going...) Can't forget the work van 04 3500 EXPRESS lol (in reply to boohoops) Post #: 2

RE: check gauges?! - 4/28/2007 8:27:35 PM    boohoops   Posts: 140 Joined: 1/20/2007 From: pacifica, CA Status: offline yeh my gauges are all fine...nothin is out of th ordinary, but its hard to check em all becuz the light only comes on for a few short seconds (in reply to imnothot02) Post #: 3

RE: check gauges?! - 4/28/2007 8:45:36 PM    imnothot02 Posts: 2245 Joined: 7/18/2005 Status: offline id start with checking ur alternator....that is my guess, sounds like somthing is going out on it...take it to ur local autozone...better to have it changed now than get stranded... _____________________________ ---Travis--- 2002 Chevy Trailblazer LT 4.2 1996 Subaru SVX LSi AWD 3.3 L Flat 6 (Highway car) 1987 Grand Am 2.5 L Inline(Just keeps going and going...) Can't forget the work van 04 3500 EXPRESS lol (in reply to boohoops) Post #: 4

RE: check gauges?! - 4/28/2007 11:23:58 PM    boohoops   Posts: 140 Joined: 1/20/2007 From: pacifica, CA Status: offline was able to catch it...turns out my oil pressure gauge showed a drop when i came to a stop then returned to normal....this mean i need to do an oil change(im goin to do it anyways becuz its almost time) or is it a more serious problem? (in reply to imnothot02) Post #: 5

RE: check gauges?! - 4/28/2008 6:10:56 AM    RazzinGTO   Posts: 10 Joined: 7/23/2006 Status: offline Mine is doing the same thing. Seems to only happen when downshifting to a stop? It doesn't seem to happen if I coast to a stop. Thoughts anyone? _____________________________ Winter driver: 1998 Dodge Dakota Mods: Flowmaster catback exhaust. Summer driver: 2006 Pontiac GTO Mods: Tinted windows, Borla Catback Exhaust, Kooks LT headers, slp skip shift eliminator. (in reply to boohoops) Post #: 6

RE: check gauges?! - 4/28/2008 7:17:08 AM    01dakota440   Posts: 49 Joined: 4/17/2008 From: williamsport pa Status: offline yup just fixed this on 2 of my trucks.  my check gauges would come on and oil pressure would drop, when stopping or taking a hard right turn. so just to check things out i added a 1/2 quart of oil to my 2000 durango. that fixed the problem. then tried it in my 2001 dakota, and it fixed the problem there too. it has been 4 months and no probs. it was just low enough on oil that when the truck shifted. it would set of the mil. (in reply to RazzinGTO) Post #: 7

RE: check gauges?! - 5/1/2008 3:23:49 AM    Ramrat   Posts: 141 Joined: 11/10/2005 Status: offline had the same thing on my 99,turns out it was low on oil, made me get under the truck as i had just done a oil change a few weeks earlyer, and found the filter wasn't tight enough makeing a small leak, bless that little light that saved me a pain in the butt later. (in reply to 01dakota440) Post #: 8

RE: check gauges?! - 5/1/2008 12:30:00 PM    ZANGADO   Posts: 12 Joined: 4/29/2008 Status: offline This just happened to me on monday,my "check gauge"light came on and my battery gauge dropped to nothing,I got it home popped the hood everything good(belt tight,wires connected to alt.)started it up the next morning and had no light"check gauges"I drove it to my mechanic to get the electric system checked out and on the way the "check gauges"light came on again about 10mins into driving it,got it to my guy and i found out I need an alternator.hope this helps ya bro. _____________________________ 2000 std. cab dakota 4x4 3.9 v-6,K&N drop in,Flow master 40,KYB shocks,Kuhmo 31/10.50/15,Hella lights (in reply to Ramrat) Post #: 9

RE: check gauges?! - 5/1/2008 6:55:19 PM    00DakR/T Posts: 197 Joined: 12/4/2007 Status: offline A leaking oil pressure sensor can cause that problem too. I've replaced a bunch of those things because of that same problem.....oil pressure on the gauge drops to or near 0 at idle because the sensor is leaking inside the connector and shorting it out. _____________________________ M1 intake 24lb injectors Holley TB MOPAR headers 3" exhaust Powerdyne S/C 6lb (in reply to ZANGADO) Post #: 10

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