arkomandos

HELLO everybody,,,,,,,I was driving around with my car couple days ago,,,after 20 min of driving noticed the oil light flicking at first then it just went on,,,,I actually think the pressure might be too lean is that possible,,,,when starting the car at cold its right under 80 that seems right,,,,at idle it was 15-25 when hot,,,,but when the light went on it was 5 and hitting 0,,,,,,I don't think the gauge is broken,,,,timing is right on,,,,the distributor o ring leaks a tiny bit of oil but,,,only a drop or 2,,,,,,ANY IDEAS,,,,

canadaek

poss bad sender or oil pump do you have a gauge and light ? if so how are they mounted ? i had a remote mount on my old ef and it would collect moisture in the line and mess up the sender take off the line clean it out it would be good again.

Former User

Did you check the oil level? If that's fine, the oil pump may be failing.

arkomandos

no way man oil pump 4 months old,,,oil level good,,,

arkomandos

oil pump and water pump new,,,yes I have a 3 pillar gauge,,

I used this link as my guide
http://doitrightinjection.com/gaugemountinst.html

I did notice another leak behind the vtech solenoid,,,I will take off my intake manifold cause I cant really see,,but its not a head gasket for sure,,,

hatchaddict01

were did you buy the oil pump? is it a cheapo rebuild or is it new oem from dealer

arkomandos

its a new oem pump ,,,car runs on a base ectune,,its also running rich on fuel but,,,that's normal,,,,,,,and I was thinking maybe its the tune that I need,,,,,

D16SiHatch

tune isn't going to fix oil pressure man. it should never drop that low.

92cxhatch169

maybe a bad oil pressure sensor? is your car turbo? where are you getting your oil feed from?

arkomandos

well from the back of the block,,,,running a obx braided steel feed ,,,and a obx oil restrictor,,,,yea but would it be the one next to the coolant temp sensor,,,or the one in the back?????

hatchaddict01

there is only one oil pressure sensor unless you consider the one on the vtec solenoid but if your mechanical gauge says 0 and your light is on then you have a problem with oil pressure not a sensor

brian15

When mine had this same issue , it ended being spun bearings. The op light would flicker while comming to a stop then go away while moving.

If none of the simple ideas turn out to be true then drain the oil and pull the pan....check for bearing shavings

arkomandos

it was a bad sender,,,thanks for all your posts,,,,