jarven093

Could my oil light flicker on and off if my oil pick up tube at the screen was clogged with junk like RTV and just gunk ?? it was about 40% to 60% clogged. thanks

cycoclown

i hope u flush ur engine after every oil change. when i bought my civic, i flushed out the oil and it looked like some dark liquid chocolate it was so bad. that can normally fix that annoying light problem.

Padawan

Yes.

jarven093

YES when i drained my oil it was full on it but it was black as night! and i just put that oil in new like 2 days ago .

cycoclown

Umm.. you do FLUSH your engine out every oil change right. if you cleaned your pickup tube out then it shouldnt come on. UNLESS you have gunk in the motor still which is going to clog it right back up.

Padawan

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cycoclown &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Umm.. you do FLUSH your engine out every oil change right.</TD></TR></TABLE>

What exactly do you mean by this? "Flushing" then engine is not part of the procedure for a standard oil change.

jarven093

no theres no gunk in the motor crank case looks good to me but yea i did clean out the pick up it was full of **** like rtv and other weird **** from when i blown a head gasket a while back but it all looks very clean to me now .....im run and get some more oil and try to frie this bitch up again and see if its still flickering ill post after i start it up.... it'l be in 30min or so thank guys

cycoclown

Crank case is good, Oils changed, Tube Cleaned. maybe a sensor problem?

jellydoughnutt

to make sure my baby is running clean, i pickup "GUNK MOTOR FLUSH". its about $2 at your local auto parts store, now i only use this stuff about once every 2 years. before you change your oil you poor this in the crankcase and let idle for about 15 min, then run 1 quart of clean oil right throught the car, then finsh the oil change.

jarven093

hey is there a specific way to torque the Main Bearing bolts i know the torque specs but not the torque patteren?? any help please

cycoclown

make a new thread. that stuff or auto tranny fluid works great.

jarven093

What?

Libertariat

Flushing the engine with an oil change?

Unless you've got **** in your engine or some serious carbon buildup it should all come out with the old oil.

cycoclown

not from what ive seen man. even when changing the oil, you still leave behind gunk. i put flush fluid in and it came out like lookin like jager lol

Libertariat

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cycoclown &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">not from what ive seen man. even when changing the oil, you still leave behind gunk. i put flush fluid in and it came out like lookin like jager lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not my engine

cycoclown

well when i bought my car i did all the routine maintance on it. now i dont even flush it often. just basic maintaince you need to keep up on and not be lazy.

spoon_ek9

if there is no major problem with your engine, there should be no gunk from used engine oil. flash can only be done one in a while, and i think it is a bad idea for honda engine since it is a tight clearance engine. unless you prime for oil pressure every time after u do a engine flash and before start the engine up, or else you are risking to have less to no oil pressure in the first couple minute of engine running.

back to OP, i dont think the oil pick up screen can be clogged that bad to trigger the oil light, better check if there is a dent in the oil pan so that that the distance between the pan and the oil pick up become too close so oil can be pick up.

92redhatch

check your main and rod bearings.

YoungKadafi

if you flush your engine, you have to change your oil 2 times at least. say you use seafoam, even after you change it, unless you drop the oil pan and let it drain for a few days, that stuff will still be coated on the walls of the block/head. Why? because seafoam and oil dont mix. Just like water and oil. The seafoam breaks the oil down, however that takes time, so to sum up everything

Using seafoam or other flushing substances in the engine does more harm than good. You will thin your oil out for the next 2 oil changes.

check the oil pressure sending unit, then check the oil pump. the pump might not be putting out enough pressure to satisfy the sending unit.

92redhatch

check your bearings. put a magnetic drain plug on the pan to see if you have some metal in you oil. The way to solve this is to get an oil pressure guage. when the light comes on in your dash its because you have extremely low oil pressure. Also after you find out what your oil pressure is then you can start to diagnose the problem. By checking you bearings and or replacing the oil pump.

SO INSTALL A OIL PRESSURE GUAGE!

jarven093

should i hook the oil pressure gauge in line with the oil pressure sensor&gt;&gt;&gt; same place i ran my oil line for turbo?

92redhatch

yes sir. or if you have a sandwich adapter.

YoungKadafi

so you have a turbo, you should have told us this.

inproper oil lines


Modified by YoungKadafi at 1:39 PM 4/26/2007

92redhatch

check oil pressure no matter what.

jarven093

ok just got back from auto store and gunna put new oil gauge in and then ill get back on here and let you all know what my pressure is at mabey that'll help with diagnosis. Turbo lines are clear.