[V6-12v] Oil Light

[Tom Christiansen]

Nathan,

As far as I know, the oil light is driven by an oil pressure switch. Notice 
PRESSURE switch. Not level switch. If the oil light is flashing it 
indicates: low oil pressure or faulty sensor/wiring.

Low oil pressure can be caused by lots of things: Clogging of oil passages, 
clogged filter, not enough oil in the machine, weak oil pump, and there's 
probably a valve or two in there as well....

Tom

At 09:58 PM 7/26/2004, Nathan Widmyer wrote:
>My dad and I went to change my oil the other day.  Like last time,
>this time it took nothing short of a herculean effort to get it loose.
>  I thought the oil pan was going to fall off.  Well, the oil drain
>plug came off and the oil was changed and replaced the oil drain plug
>(mutilated beyond the point that a proper-sized wrench cannot fit it).
>  I went to go somewhere today and the Oil light started flashing for
>about a half of a mile.  I pulled over and looked underneath and saw
>no oil dripping from anywhere, the oil drain plug didn't back out.  I
>started it back up and the oil light didn't come on once.  Now, before
>the oil was changed, I could start the car and the oil light would
>flash maybe 4 or 5 times then stay off and I thought that was because
>I put too much oil in and it made a censor go haywire.  I'll look at
>the place my car is parked and see if any oil is on the ground
>tomorrow when it's light but I don't expect any.  If I get this much
>trouble changing oil, I'd save much trouble and just get a Fumoto
>valve.  What did I do wrong here?  (sorry if this isn't in an easily
>readable format)  Thanks, Nate.
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