i have a 97 turbo prelude and for some reason my oil light comes on every once in awhile blinking....... so I pull over to check the oil level and its fine???? I shut the car off and the oil light disapears... is my car not getting enough oil pressure??? when the light is on, I turn the car off and the light doesn't come on any more???? WTF??

 

Bad oil pump? Dented oil pan? Perhaps just a bad pressure switch

 

the oil light turns on when oil pressure dips to 7psi i think it is, which is kinda retarded since with oil pressure that low, you are already damaging things....i would get a mechanical oil pressure gauge hooked up immediately, that will tell you if the stock sensor is just fucked up, or if you seriously have a problem with the oil pressure, as someone said, a tiny dent in the right place of the oil pan will have a big affect on oil pressure if that dent is right at the pickup

 

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oil light will flash if oil press ever drops below 5 or 6 psi and then returns.. oil light will come on and stay solid if oil pres drops and stays below 5 psi..

are you using a garden hose for a oil feed line to the turbo? get a pres gauge, and lole said before, do you have a nast oil pan dent? get a mechanical guage on there ASAP

 

i have a cheap oil feed line, but im not driping oil..... My level of oil is right were it should be..... I guess i need to get a gauge to see exactly were oil psi is at. im gonna check the oil pan and the sensor today.

 

check oil pressure
sensor wire grounding out
switch is bad

start there