Thanks for the help
Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate all the help I can get since I own a lemon, but I'm not in a position where I can get out from underneath it.
To the issue:
I was using full synthetics 10-30w, but switched to thicker oil to solve my no oil pressure problem. I haven't even put 300 miles on the 20-50w I'm currently running. About the oil pressure sensor I have it "t'd" with the factory oil pressure sensor on one side and an after market oil pressure gauge on the other side. Both basically read the same in the sense that if one says zero the other says zero. Actual measurements vary a bit. Bo-Dak told me his no oil pressure problem turned out to be a defective oil filter, even though the Dodge dealership tells me that only 20% of the oil gets filtered at any one time.
So it now has a new oil pump, oil filter, and thick oil and I don't have the loss of oil pressure anymore.
Now I have a problem with it over heating.
I red lined it twice trying to get it home the other day. I waited an hour both times for the temp to drop to 210'F before trying to make it a little bit farther up the road. Radiator, water pump, thermostat, antifreeze, and hoses are less than a year old. I pulled the water pump just to check it out since I seem to replace that on an annual basis (Green antifreeze is very bad on aluminum. I now use the orange and I can tell it's gentler). Slightly damaged, but not bad enough for it to not work. Since I'm frustrated with it and I need it to run, I just bought a new pump, thermostat, by pass hose, and fan clutch. Then I'm having the radiator pressure checked and cleaned. Hopefully that fixes it when I get it put back together.
On a different topic: I had that ticking noise from my engine before I built my current engine and installed it last spring. The timing chain had a bit of slop in it, but still with in tolerance. It was suppose to have a tension device on it to keep the chain tight as it wore and stretched out, however I don't remember one being there and I think it was just the chain slapping at slower speeds. The new engine doesn't have that noise with it's new chain.
Anyone interest in viewing the maintenance log just needs to ask, but there is way too much information to post.