after about 5 mins. of driving, my oil light turns on, but I checked my oil and its full and clean. could it be a sensor and should I be driving? also, can that light mean some other part of the oil system is malfunctioning? thanks in advance

 

Check the oil pressure sender out...probably broken or disconnected or something. It's right above the oil filter.

 

If its not a sender malfunction... Game Over dude. (At least in my experience).

 

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what hapened in your case??

 

oil pump?

 

what do u mean "Game Over Dude"? r u saying its not a good thing?

 

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usually on honda's if that oil light is on..and ur driving it.. its game over.. engine toast

 

ha, when I first read this topic name, I said out loud "this guy should have posted, 'I'm bleeding. should I be worried?'" I checked my blood, I'm good!

 

oh ok, well I wont drive it until I figure out whats wrong. the weird things is there is no leak, I've been driving it with the light on for about 300 miles, no choice. its my only car, I'll get it checked out tomorrow.

 

what does it mean if the oil light is flashing versus if its solid?

 

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usually on honda's if that oil light is on..and ur driving it.. its game over.. engine toast</TD></TR></TABLE>

uhhhh....no

 

yea that also sounded biased to me, but should I even be driving it? and whats it mean if its solid versus if its blinking?(the oil light)

 

please share your expertise on, the oil light on hondas .. sure as hell isnt a oil level warning light..

 

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Your point? It is a low level warning light, but just because it's on and your driving doesn't mean your engine is blown up. Like a idiot when I first got my car and was unaware how bad it burns oil, my oil at one point was so low I wasn't even able to crack open VTEC and then my oil light came on. So I had be beating on it that day and the previous days with barely any oil. Anywho if your light is on it's probaly the pressure sensor problem. If you got your 5 quarts in there like you say sounds to me like that's the problem. That or maybe a bent oil pan or something. You run over any speed bumps?

 

i think you should read the helms... to see what that oil pressure sender really does.... seriously..

 

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Yo Mcfly you don't need the helms to know that if he is FULL of oil then it's a electrical/sensor problem.

 

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Yo Mcfly you don't need the helms to know that if he is FULL of oil then it's a electrical/sensor problem.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Let me share a secret with you...

Having a pan full of oil does no good if you don't have oil pressure to put it where it belongs.

 

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Let me share a secret with you...

Having a pan full of oil does no good if you don't have oil pressure to put it where it belongs.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Have you NOT read the whole thread? lol

 

This thread has become polluted with people making awkward statements to try to convey a simple point... it goes like this.

Unless there is a sensor malfunction, the oil light on the dash is an indicator that the vehicle has low oil pressure and should not be driven. As a matter of fact, the owner's manual of the car states that the car should be immediately shut-off and not driven when this light comes on.

Keep in mind that oil pressure and oil level are not the same thing... having 5 quarts of oil in the oil pan is useless if it isn't being pumped where it needs to go. It is very possible to be full of oil and still not have oil pressure.

 

LOL holy **** I was hoping someone was gonna come out with it already.

94vtecluder get off your high horse and learn something.....that light is not an oil level indicator it means you have very low oil pressure, less than 6psi I believe.....

If it is flashing that means it is coming on and off very rapily, nothing more, that means your oil pressure is staying very low. Unless your sender unit (which is actually below the oil filter not above) is f'd up, you have a major problem in the oiling system. Take the pan off and see if the pickup is clogged, I bet it is....

 

when i had low oil pressure my vtec got messed. kicked in way later nd it was acting all funky. vtec is more sensitive to pressure level. does your engine behave differently?

 

I still don't see where I was wrong. If he has enough oil and the light is coming on it's a electrical/sensor (I should've said mechanical) problem. Now if homeboy can still crack open VTEC it would appear to me that it is not a pressure problem but a sensor problem. You basically just said what I said mgagz.

Edit-Bah he has an Si nevermind the VTEC idea.

 

doesn't vtec need a certain amount of psi to kick in properly? you should try vtecin' it. but be easy. if it is a pressure problem you don't wna be in vtec any longer than you need to be..

 

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Yes VTEC is dependent upon oil pressure, what psi I don't know though. Also homeboy has an Si (his sig) so he can't check the actual pressure the easy way.

 

I don't know about you guys, but if I wasn't sure if I had oil pressure... I wouldn't be vtec'in anything anyways.... I would check the sender unit and the pickup like mgags suggested.. sorry bb4ever