I know that WHEN it does come on, the car is getting 5psi or less... The car had been leaking oil bad from the last time I changed the oil and so I got under the car and took a look, the filter was leaking so I got a new filter and its not leaking anymore. However, it has had a small leak which I pinpointed to be the cam seal. I replaced it this saturday. No problems. Car ran fine for 2 days. Last night when my dad was on the way to work, the oil light came on. He was at the top of a hill so he shut it off and coasted to work. This morning he started it up and drove it home without an issue. Tonight we were picking up another car and the light came on again. I popped the hood and took the oil cap off and looked in with a flashlight and could see oil flinging around like it was getting plenty of pressure. As soon as he let off the gas and the RPMs dropped, the oil light would come back on. He kept the RPMs above 1000 on the way to work tonight and the light didnt come on at all. After work tommorow Ill be picking up a gauge and checking the pressure. I didnt drop anything to my knowlege into the oil passages when I did the cam seal change and the oil level is perfect. Im leaning towards a possibly bad oil pump? Can the oil pressure senders go bad? The car has 182k on it. Do the F series motors have weaker pumps then some other Honda engines?

Any help would be great. Tia.

Blaze

 

couple things:

1)what is the oil level?

2)check the oil pan, a dent could put the pump out of service

3)check the sender unit in the rear, see if there's any leak.

 

he said the oil level was fine but also yes oil sending units can go bad

 

About to check the sender & switch it out with a good known one.
Oil level is good.
Oil pan is NOT dented.

thx.

 

probably the sending unit

 

Replaced oil pressure sensor with a good one, cant get the oil light to turn back on....