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Hey everyone my name is Jeff and I'm a new owner of a 2001 tundra. Truck is super clean for its age

Discussion in '1st Gen Tundras (2000-2006)' started by Thejeff2001, Sep 20, 2020.

  1. Sep 20, 2020 at 7:48 PM
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    Thejeff2001

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    I own a 2001 tundra. I just bought it Friday and I noticed that my oil pressure gauge drops down to almost 0 at idle ( once warm) and moves up once I give it gas. Is this normal ? If not what could be the problem.
     
  2. Sep 20, 2020 at 7:58 PM
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    TILLY

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    Welcome, and no that's not normal. Should be about 1/2 way on the gauge when warm. I would install a new oil pressure sensor to see if you get different readings. Good luck.
     
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  3. Sep 20, 2020 at 8:05 PM
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    Jim LE 1301

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    ^^This^^

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    It shouldn’t go as low as zero, but mine stays pretty low at idle, lower than any other vehicle I’ve owned.

    There’s a thread showing the range. I don’t this is the one I was thinking of, but here’s a start:
    https://www.tundras.com/threads/2001-toyota-tundra-sr5-v6-oil-gauge-reads-low-to-none-at-idle.33106/

    Edit: Here you go. Just above “zero”:
    https://www.tundras.com/threads/oil-pressure-gauge-with-pic.12351/

    Welcome from SoCal!
     
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  5. Sep 20, 2020 at 8:53 PM
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    N84434

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    Welcome aboard Jeff. I'm thinking Sending Unit as well.
     
  6. Sep 20, 2020 at 9:04 PM
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    I stand corrected if those last threads are correct. In all my years as a tech, i never saw an oil gauge that represented normal pressure at the bottom of the gauge. Maybe its a Toyota thing. :notsure:
     
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  7. Sep 20, 2020 at 9:09 PM
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  8. Sep 20, 2020 at 9:13 PM
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    The older 4.7 is fine with anything above 6 psi at idle. The top end doesn’t have lifters or rockers to worry about.
     
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    Thanks, that makes sense. Maybe Toyota should have re-calibrated their gauges to prevent concern.
     
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    its in the manual. 05-06 is slightly higher reading.


    now if it actually drops to 0? houston, we have a problem
     
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  11. Sep 20, 2020 at 9:55 PM
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    This is my first Tundra, and have absolutely no experience with first gen trucks. But i still can't wrap my mind around having gauges that don't reflect what we have all previously used as the standard for all this time. Does the first gen also show that when your gas gauge reads a 1/4 tank, that it could actually be a half a tank as normal?
     
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  14. Sep 20, 2020 at 11:13 PM
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    Mine does that, too. It's maddening.
     
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    How far down does it go? Here is normal:

    20180908_181229.jpg
     
  16. Sep 21, 2020 at 4:25 AM
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  17. Sep 21, 2020 at 5:11 AM
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    It's normal. Don't let the turd geners tell u other
     
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  18. Sep 21, 2020 at 1:09 PM
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    20200921_145556.jpg Welcome from Vegas and dont worry about your oil pressure being low at idle. If it does not move when Rpms increase, you have a problem. I believe this is a First Gen thing and forum. Dont listen to TURD gen people (shoo), their trucks are different.
     
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  19. Sep 21, 2020 at 1:24 PM
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    Hello Jeff! Welcome from Pennsylvania
     
  20. Sep 22, 2020 at 2:31 PM
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    It's normal, at idle the service manual gives 4-5 psi and at 3000 rpm, 43-85 psi. The gauge is calibrated well for those specs. These are for a v-8 model, v-6 is same at idle but slightly less at 3000 rpm.
     
  21. Sep 23, 2020 at 5:23 AM
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    314,612 is normal?! Yay!
     
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