Oil Pressure

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AdamR

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I may have a problem with the new truck. Ran out this afternoon and when I looked down at the oil pressure gauge it was sitting at 22psi under light load. at about half to 3/4 throttle is goes up to 40 psi and idle is only 18 psi. I can also hear a slight ticking probably valvetrain but its pretty faint.

Should I worry about it ? Do I need to drop it back off at the dealer ?

Its a 94 Jeep cherokee with a 5.2L, 90,000 miles seems to have been well maintained. Not sure if they did an oil change on it. They had just gotten it in as a trade in.
 
Are you going by the stock gauge?? You might run a mechanical gauge and make sure you have accurate pressure...i've heard some of hte electrical gauges being off..
 

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