Greatdane66
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- May 19, 2016
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- Ram Year
- 2007
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
Bottom line issue is that my 07 5.7 Ram runs perfectly fine, but has thrown the P0524 low oil pressure code on multiple occasions. I swap in a new sensor, and the engine will crank but not start. If I let it crank for more then 10 seconds, it will turn over, run horribly, and throw a bunch of other codes like the Crankshaft position sensor malfunction, throttle position sensor malfunction, ECM error codes.
If I put the old sensor back in, my truck will fire up and run as normal. I thought I got a defective part from BDS so I swapped and tried again and had the exact same issue. Tried a third time with a sensor from Echlin and again, same scenario. I'm back to the original sensor and everything is fine. Any ideas/suggestions?
A little more background is that this only happens at altitude. I moved from Florida where I never had an issue, to Denver, where I started getting the P0524 code (the truck never shut itself down, I only got the CEL). I re-installed the old sensor, moved back to Florida for 6 months and had ZERO issues. I recently moved again, from Florida Utah, been here for less than a week, and on 4 occasions I've got the "CHECK GAUGES" light, oil pressure gauge drops to zero, and the truck shuts down (but no CEL). I'm going to install a mechanical oil pressure gauge tomorrow so I have some faith in the gauges again, but obviously I've got oil pressure that's been good enough for me to drive the last 10,000 miles.
At a loss here - anything helps.
If I put the old sensor back in, my truck will fire up and run as normal. I thought I got a defective part from BDS so I swapped and tried again and had the exact same issue. Tried a third time with a sensor from Echlin and again, same scenario. I'm back to the original sensor and everything is fine. Any ideas/suggestions?
A little more background is that this only happens at altitude. I moved from Florida where I never had an issue, to Denver, where I started getting the P0524 code (the truck never shut itself down, I only got the CEL). I re-installed the old sensor, moved back to Florida for 6 months and had ZERO issues. I recently moved again, from Florida Utah, been here for less than a week, and on 4 occasions I've got the "CHECK GAUGES" light, oil pressure gauge drops to zero, and the truck shuts down (but no CEL). I'm going to install a mechanical oil pressure gauge tomorrow so I have some faith in the gauges again, but obviously I've got oil pressure that's been good enough for me to drive the last 10,000 miles.
At a loss here - anything helps.
