Anyone have the annunciator light stay on even though the oil is at the proper level?


I was driving and the light came on at low rpms. I checked the oil (little low) and added some. Now the light will not go off unless Im at 2000+ rpms. Any ideas?

 

change the oil, carefull it could be as bad as ur pump not working or as simple as a loose connection.

 

That light comes on when your oil pressure is below 4.3 psi.



If the oil is at the proper level, that usually means you've got a problem with the clearances of your bearings being too loose.

 

Thanks guys. i will start with the oil change and checking to see if there are any loose connections

 

If that doesn't solve ur problem, usually if the oil sender is leaking oil (internally) this oil will create too high or too low of a resistance thus causing intermittent oil pres light.

 

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Its usually not the oil pump though, its usually the bearings have to much clearance. Either way keep that oil at the proper leval

 

Is the sending unit that expensive or hard to change? The temps are subzero and dont have that much time before I freeze. How can the clearance issue be fixed?


Modified by Foxcow at 1:47 PM 11/29/2004

 

well, drove the car today. Started fine and ran fine. I didnt get the annunciator light once. Even at idle. Im still going to take it in for a checkup though.

 

yeah it was the oil sending unit. Just got a chance to get it changed. Thanks for the help guys.

 

What bearings are you talking about? Are you talking about the inner and outer rotorsn on the pump?

 

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Talking about the main bearings