my oil light glows dim and then comes on every once in a while at stop signs
..as soon as i drive away it goes out and stays out. any ideas? and yes it's
full of oil.

When was the last time you changed the oil. old oil gets thin and if
the car has high miles or a week oil pump this could cause the light to
come on at low rpm. If the oil has been changed you could need a new
pump

"randy pape" <rspape (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote

If the sending unit is leaking oil it will short out the wire and cause the
lite to turn on, assuming that the oil level is ok and clean, replace the
switch, clean out the connector really good and that means to disassembled
it when doing it.
Also the next time you post something, give the year make and model

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

Suggest that you screw a manual oil pressure gauge into the block in place
of the electrical pressure sensor and actually see what oil pressure you are
getting at idle and as you increase RPMs. Sounds like it could be a weak
oil pump or a dirty oil pickup that is reducing pressure. Without knowing
your year, make, model, engine, and the mileage, you probably will not get
much more useful information here.

Bob

"maxpower" <damnnickname (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, randy pape wrote:

Vehicle make, model, year, engine, mileage, grade of oil you use?

The light isnt' to tell you whether your crankcase is full or not. It's to
indicate oil *pressure*.

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Dave Baker wrote:

If the OP is lucky, all he needs is an oil pressure sender and to stop
pouring anything other than engine oil into his crankcase.

Exactly.

Oy, a netcop who thinks his posting preferences are the correct ones.

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, randy pape wrote:


Be aware of the extremely high levels of Chlorine in Prolong...and of the
extremely deleterious effect Chlorine has on metals in bearings and other
wear-critical parts of an engine. Sure, it's slippery -- go pour some
bleach on your hands and they'll be slippery, too. As far as Slick-50
goes, Teflon in oil additives is known *by the one and only maker of
Teflon* to precipitate out and clog oil passages. I would say this engine
has been abused by the introduction into the crankcase of foreign
substances.

If you're lucky, all you need is a new oil pressure sender, and to STOP
pouring crap other than engine oil into the crankcase.

DS

"Daniel J. Stern" <dastern (AT) 127 (DOT) 0.0.1> writes:
They are, of course.
--
Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605
Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer
skype: jjpfeifferjr

Hmph.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:

Take a long walk off a short pier.

Larry
Behold Beware Believe

"Joe Pfeiffer" <pfeiffer (AT) cs (DOT) nmsu.edu> wrote