I was turning left into my street and my oil light came on and flashed like 3 times real quick. I havnt gone back out and drove around to see if it will fash again. The wierd part is ive never had this happen before. I just got my oil changed on sunday also; and i chcked and its got plenty of oil in it. Weird....Whats going on??

Mike

 

Oil pressure sensor could be taking a **** on you. I would recommend buying an oil pressure gauge. Much more accurate.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mikeunreal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was turning left into my street and my oil light came on and flashed like 3 times real quick. I havnt gone back out and drove around to see if it will fash again. The wierd part is ive never had this happen before. I just got my oil changed on sunday also; and i chcked and its got plenty of oil in it. Weird....Whats going on??

Mike</TD></TR></TABLE>

Were you making a "hard" turn? Its possible to send the oil all to the right side of the pan and away from the pickup... especially on a left turn. Perhaps this is the problem?

 

i dont really think it was a hard hard turn, do you guys think this is just a fluk or a problem... ive noticed no performance or running problems..

Mike

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mikeunreal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dont really think it was a hard hard turn, do you guys think this is just a fluk or a problem... ive noticed no performance or running problems..

Mike</TD></TR></TABLE>

If you have checked the oil level and made sure its fine, I would probably proceed with an oil pressure test to make sure the pump output is within spec. If that checks out, then perhaps you have some sludge or something blocking the oil pressure sending unit? I would check that, if you have another on hand, swap em real quick.

 

ya the oil level is fine, i checked that. can i go to a local auto parts store and get the pressure tested?? if the sensor is bad is this going to hurt anything, or is my car just going to think something is wrong.

Mike

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mikeunreal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ya the oil level is fine, i checked that. can i go to a local auto parts store and get the pressure tested?? if the sensor is bad is this going to hurt anything, or is my car just going to think something is wrong.

Mike</TD></TR></TABLE>

I highly doubt you local parts store is going to do an oil pressure test for you since it involves removing fittings to tap into the oil supply output. A repair shop, maybe... a parts store? no.

If the sensor is bad then it shouldn't cause any problems. It would just have the potential to give incorrect warnings. I would not just write it off though until the oil pressure test was done. The sensor could be correct for all we know and you may have lost oil pressure. Anyway you look at it, this isn't a good thing.

 

well lets hope it doenst happen again and it was just a one time fluk deal... im having car problem after car problem...

Mike

 

i went outside and let my car run for a little bit and didnt see any oil light flashing, so lets hope it was jsut some weird thing that happened.

Mike

 

Ok i determined it only flashes when i turn left, and sometimes it doesnt do it. weird.. sound like a crappy faulty sensor??

Mike

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mikeunreal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok i determined it only flashes when i turn left, and sometimes it doesnt do it. weird.. sound like a crappy faulty sensor??

Mike</TD></TR></TABLE> Could be just how sharp your turning.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mikeunreal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok i determined it only flashes when i turn left, and sometimes it doesnt do it. weird.. sound like a crappy faulty sensor??

Mike</TD></TR></TABLE>

Remember back when I told you that turning to the left causes the oil to shift right, AWAY from the pickup? Were comming back to the right now. You SURE 100% that the oil level is correct? It does NOT sound like a faulty sensor. You are clearly loosing oil pressure.

 

i checked my dip stick and i have plenty of oil. how much of a fix are we talking here. god i hate it when **** like this happens.

Mike

 

also why would this randomly start happening after i got my oil changed.... never did this before...

Mike

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mikeunreal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok i determined it only flashes when i turn left, and sometimes it doesnt do it. weird.. sound like a crappy faulty sensor??

Mike</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, it is because you are turning left too hard and you do not have a baffled oil pan. How many times does some one have to say it.

 

weve established this. this is what the last guy said. grr i hope this isnt an expensive fix..

Mike

 

and this happens when i barely turn left, so its not beacuse im turning too hard or something...

Mike

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mikeunreal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">and this happens when i barely turn left, so its not beacuse im turning too hard or something...

Mike</TD></TR></TABLE>

Exactly... Well lets use some logic here.. you got your oil changed, thats IT... so

1). There isn't enough oil in the pan
2). The oil pickup is plugged
3). The oil pump suction is very weak

Obviously, for whatever reason, the pump is not getting enough volume of oil. Did they chnge the weight of the oil you used to run? Put something thicker in there perhaps? Maybe they went from 5w-30 to 10w-30? It hs to be something related to your oil change.

 

I guess i should check to make sure i got enough oil again. Seems weird to happen right after oil change. Mabye they didnt add enough or something..

Mike

 

you know how to check a dipstick right? (It has to be asked)
THE most logical solution here is simply not enough oil.

 

Lets hope its a faulty sensor. Because when this happened to my d16z6, getting a few flashes from the oil pressure low light like you describe through a left turn my motor blew about two weeks later. Opened the engine to fried bearings and my oil level was fine!! Mechanic determined it was oil stravation when i was taking a hard left while on the throttle=fried bearings.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mikeunreal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Mabye they didnt add enough or something..

Mike</TD></TR></TABLE>

"They", just start doing your own oil changes it will save you this type of headache. Its not hard at all.

 

I knowi gata get some jacks and stuff first tho. And i gata do some fixes to my car before i can do that.. so ya... its complicated lol

Mike