1999 Suburban oil gauage falls

Tiny
SATEJANO
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  • 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN
My oil gauge is falling to almost zero mark when I accelerate from a stop. At idle, it registers fine, while driving it registers fine, after I stop the gauge will drop when I start to accelerate. It will stay low but pop up to normal at about 15-20 miles an hour. If I stay at a low speed it will still pop up pretty quickly. When this happens the check gauges blinks. It is a 1999 Suburban with 135000 miles. The oil has about 3500 miles since the last change. What could cause this?
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 AT 5:23 PM

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Tiny
WAYNO
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Check the oil psi sending unit. They tend to go wacky on ya after a while. I had the exact same problem on my 89. You may want to install a mechanical guage temporarily though just to be sure its not something more serious causing the problem.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007 AT 10:56 PM

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