[V6-12v] Oil light

[apowell at colocougs.org]

Nathan Widmyer <lighthousej at gmail.com> asked:

....I went to go somewhere today and the Oil light started flashing for
about a half of a mile.

When the oil light coems on, it doesn't always mean you're out of oil, but
you did the right thing by shutting it down.

the 100% suer way to know that it has pressure is to get it home, remove the
oil perssure sending unit (whereverinheck it is), scerw a pressure gauge
into the hole and see what pressure you already have.

Blocked oil passages are possible, but unless the enigne is seriously gunked
up (not likely) my bet is a faulty oil perssure sending unit.  (My suspision
is caused by my Datsun 280ZX which is legendary for failing oil sending
units which take only 5 minutes to erplace.)

If you can't try anything else, get a new pressure sensor / sending unit and
install it. See what happens. If the problem goes away, it was the sensor.

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Al Powell
apowell at gocougs.wsu.edu
1958 Fiat 1200 Transformabile Spyder
1976 260Z basket case
1983 Datsun 280ZX Turbo
1993 Audi 90Q
1997 Chebby Blazer
1999 Chebby Blazer
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