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re: oil pressure warning light question - solved



Should be the filter... I've seen Frams do that a few times. 

Alex

On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, JRA wrote:

> 
> 
> I now know what the problem was with my 5000 - sort of.  Late yesterday I 
> decided to change the oil even thought it was within my normal change interval.
> 
> I changed the oil and then took the car out for a run - no warning lights.
> 
> When I got back I was cleaning up and chanced to glance at the filter as I was
> tossing it.  It was plugged with something thick and fibrous - I haven't yet
> cut it apart to see if the filer had come apart - which I hope is the case,
> since the plug had to come from somewhere and if not from the filter, then 
> there had to be something in the engine itself that plugged the filter.
> 
> The filter was a Fram and based on other things I've been reading on the
> list - I suspect that I'm about done using that brand.
> 
> Jim Austin
>