ttb

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so tonight took the FD out for the weekly drive...noticed the oil pressure light was on...for like 3 seconds when the oil pressure was pretty high, maybe 3/4 up. then it turned off and never turned out again...so what does the light indicate? anything i should be worried about?

thanks

poss

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that would be the oil level light.

ttb

ahh..makes sense now, haven't checked the oil in a while

spurvo

How long is "a while"?

1600 miles and my oil's black. Changing this weekend, in the rain. I guess 1000 miles really isn't crazy...

ttb

got the oil changed about 4 months ago..have put maybe 2k miles on it, maybe 3k...been lazy, haven't checked the oil level for a month or two.

spurvo

Yeah, the only reason I asked is that I killed my FC motor that way. Old oil leads to carbon lock, and our cars make oil old REAL damn quick.

7racer

But I think in the owners manual it says that the light comes on for low oil AND when the pressure goes too high...

I had both happen when I first got my car...
the oil light would come on and off when the oil was too low...most often it would switch "on" on a hard corner...

The other time I didn't have the car warmed up, new oil change and I started boosting and noticed the pressure guage toward the 120 mark and the light came on...well I don't do that anyMORE!!

Anyways, I will look at the owners manual tomorrow and double check

7racer

But I think in the owners manual it says that the light comes on for low oil AND when the pressure goes too high...

I had both happen when I first got my car...
the oil light would come on and off when the oil was too low...most often it would switch "on" on a hard corner...

The other time I didn't have the car warmed up, new oil change and I started boosting and noticed the pressure guage toward the 120 mark and the light came on...well I don't do that anyMORE!!

Anyways, I will look at the owners manual tomorrow and double check

rynberg

Shame on you! You know you should check it at least every 500 miles....

BTW, how do you only put 500 miles/month on your car? I can't seem to manage less than a 1000.....

ttb

ok, downloaded the 93 manual (i have 94 but should be the same i assume). it is indeed the low oil level warning, not low/high pressure. so question now is why does it come on for only a minute or so then go off? is this just saying i'm starting to have low oil, and eventually it'll light up all the time? before anybody says check your oil, i will tomorrow when there's some light out. just curious. thanks.

oh, rynberg, i only drive it once or twice a week at most, that's why i'm averaging like 500 miles a month :-)