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1999 Jeep Cherokee Repair Question


Topics covered: Oil pressure, Engine, Mechanic.
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Asked on December 23, 2007

1999 Jeep Cherokee Oil pressure


I own a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee, recently while driving my "check guages" light came on. I noticed that the oil pressure dropped when I either slowed down or stopped. While driving the guage read around 45 psi but when I stopped it dropped to around 10 psi. After making it home I let the Jeep cool down and went to crank it again, no problems at all, no drop in pressure. The next day the same thing happened. Any suggestions on a cure for this?

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Replied on December 23, 2007

Get an engine flush and then check the actual oil pressure with a mechanical oil gauge if its normal test the oil pressure sending unit.

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