Hey people,

since last week, my red brakelight always lights up during a drift, or if simply the rear tires are going to lose grip. but only during corners and curves! if i spin the tires on the streightaway, the light doesnt show up.

is something broken? i don't understand that

 

The BRAKE warning light also warns of low brake fluid, which it sounds like you have.

 

is the brake switch sticking under the hand brake?

 

If the light's coming on only when cornering it'll be low brake fluid.

 

ah i see, thx for the advise, im going to check the fluid lvl in a few hours
2 weeks ago as i checked it, it was between MAX and MIN. mark

during high Gs i have experienced the checkoil light/buzzer also.. checked the oil lvl and its just a little bit under the full mark.. :| is the oil swapping that hard to a corner of the oilpan, that the buzzer is going on?

 

How long are you drifting for? I think there's over a 10 second delay on the oil/coolant buzzers before they go off after they detect low oil/coolant.

 

it can be. i know that a lot of racers use a oil pan with baffles in it to prevent this from happening. (well.. to prevent it from leaving the pickup tube high and dry, not really so much for the buzzers sake, i think)

 

it really werent more than 10sec. maybe 1-2s not more :/

 

Maybe it's just the coolant light that has a delay. I can see the oil sloshing/shifting enough to set off the buzzer/light during a high G drift.

 

is it dangerous though?

 

Only the low-coolant warning has a delay.

 

i see.. but why does my oil buzzer go up and bothering me? my oil lvl is almost ok °_°. i thought somethings wrong

 

overfill your oil level SLIGHTLY to prevent that from hapening. It happens to me autocrossing sometimes. the coolant buzzer has a delay, the oil buzzer does not.


your brake fluid is low also! fill it to the MAX mark.

 

Mmmmmk. What is it, 15 seconds?

 

While drifting, the oil level light is prone to go on during left hand drifts because the oil tends to pool on the right side of the pan, away from the level sender. I have had this problem on numerous occasions, but I just keep tabs on the pressure. The optimum way to correct this is to get a baffled oil pan.