Oil Pressure fluctuates?

[Boda]

Hey all, nOOb here with a question.

I got a 96 Explorer XLT with a 5.0 V8 in it. The Oil Pressure gauge fluctuates sometimes from about 1/3 to just past halfway. I cannot find any pattern to it doing this. But sometimes it will move quickly up and down. Sometimes it stays high for a day or two and sometimes it stay low for weeks. This has been a problem for over a year.

You think it's a electrical problem or maybe it really is the pressure?

Thanks in advance.

 

[exploded99]

Have you ever heard the lifters rattling or any noise from the engine?

If not, start on the electrical side. Put a new sending unit in.

If it still varies, then it may very well be pressure. Hope for electrical cause its tough getting the oil pan off a V8

 

[exploder5243]

Connection check

My 95 4.0 had the same problem don't know if it is the same but find your sending unit and try plugging it it more mine was loose.

 

[buck2850]

Oil Pressure

Hey .. I had a 92 which had oil pressure fluctuation ... I finally tracked it down to my oil filter.I changed that twice with the same oil pressure fluctuation, until finally replacing it with a Motorcraft FL-1, then all was well again.

 

[Boda]

Thanks for the reply's guys!

Scott