Oil light

Samo · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:24 am Post subject: Oil light

morning
well this morning checked oil and water as normal each morning..
all levels good.no leaks,engine bay clean.
When started;the oil light didnt come off.Cut off engine.turn on the ignition;all lights came off except the oil light.
re-check oil in both tranny an engine...both good.
What can this be. Question

the car home,didnt drive at all.

Samo · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:28 am Post subject:

oil pump

i jus askin Confused

crazybalhead · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:28 am Post subject:

No oil pressure. Your pump is probably gone.

Samo · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:29 am Post subject:

FAWK......taught so Sad

crazybalhead · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:31 am Post subject:

yeah boy, thais a hard luck. Get a tow to the mech. At least yuh wast driving when it went. And your habit of checking the levels probably saved your engine.

quintessentiallyenigmatic · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:33 am Post subject: OIL

check to see if the oil unit wires intact or if the unit itself hasn't gotten a little loose

Samo · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:37 am Post subject:

Well.. mech say he goin home to check it..
2weeks ago they take out the engine to change the seals so first quintessentiallyenigmatic,they may check that.

crazybalhead,good thing i wasnt on the highway..lawdd

crazybalhead · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:43 am Post subject:

Well if the engine was out, it might very well just be the sensor man.

Samo · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:56 am Post subject:

an a ray of light... Smile

i thinking about this...cyah wait for the mech to check it..

Strugglerzinc · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:10 am Post subject:

Oil unit/sensor first culprit in that case then oil pressure issues.

b18b_turbo · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject:

did u park on a slope?

Samo · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject:

b18b_turbo,a slight slope.nun to talk bout..as i park there everyday

b18b_turbo · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject:

ooh...well i dont know, most likely sensor as was said earlier. get a diagnostic done

i know when i go out on site with the company vehicle and park on a steep incline, the light comes on for a whil after i start it.

gt4tified · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject:

So you cyah check to see if ah sensor unplugged for yuhself? Rolling Eyes

Hook · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:08 am Post subject:

if the sensor wire comes loose and touched any grounded part of the engine bay it will cause the light to switch on...this has happened to me before after an engine wash
check for the simpler possibilities first Idea

I'm assuming this may well be right, since anything else may have well triggered an error code as would have been indicated by your CEL

De Dragon · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject:

^^ Agreed.Its always useful to start small and work your way forward. Check the oil pressure sender unit for loose connections. I don't play with oil related issues at all('cept meh lil leaks and thing Laughing

),so if in doubt DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR!

THE SYNDICATE · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:51 am Post subject:

Any update? Neutral

Samo · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:47 am Post subject:

Ok.morning Saturday mech. came home...
Push the car in garage...drain out oil....pull down sump...
take out the check valve;which i didnt know the pump had;took sum oil in a container,hold it where the pump does be pullin the oil..tumbble jus abt a 1/4..oil was pulled up..so pump was workin..*wipes beads of sweat from face*

the problem was the check valve was sticking..was washed out..sand down with very fine sand paper..washed again..an put back up..soo now it workkin like normal..
The Check had sum slush.. Shocked

strange cuz i change oil every 2.5-3mths....

crazybalhead · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:06 am Post subject:

What about actual KM's???

Samo · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:26 am Post subject:

KM's.i dont know...but my car i crossed 110...guess that y i had to change seal an timing belt etc.

i had my car 4yrs now so i guess is time to "freashen up"