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    Oil Pressure drop

    So today I did an oil change on my 93 RT/TT and when I got done the oil pressure was showing great, I drove the car about 10 miles into town when the gauge dropped almost all the way to the (L). It didn't drop all the way so I dont think the gauge is broken, but I would much rather hope that was the case instead of something more severe.
    Anybody have any ideas what the cause of this could be?

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    Did you check your oil level???

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    nah, whats the worst that could happen?
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    Today it started off not moving off of (L) about 2 miles down the road it kicked the needle to where it should be and held for a while. I pushed the car a little bit getting on to the freeway and it suddenly dropped back down to the (L) for the remainder of the trip to work. At lunch I started her up and she showed normal oil pressure, drove around and no problems. Drove home and everything seemed ok. Took it out tonight and stayed on (L) for a bit and then back to normal. The car doesn't act or sound any different when oil pressure shows nothing.
    And yes....Of course I checked the oil level...

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    Check the electrical connection at the oil pressure sending unit. Located on the back side of the engine, near the oil pan on the driver's side. I had some wonky things happen with the pressure gage as a result of a loose connection at the sending unit.

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    our pressure gauge showed low readings...which made me nervous....so i got a mechanical press gauge and hooked it up ...pressure was fine.....so now we just use a mech gauge on a pod....i turst it....

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    Did you change to a much thinner oil?

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