I recently noticed a strange thing going with my mAx. Every time I slam on the brake harder then average, my oil pressure light comes on. It comes of when I release the brake. Anyone else experienced this ? What may cause this light to come on (except of course low oil pressure itself) and what does it have to do with brakes?

 

The oil is moving away from the oil pump pickup tube when you hit the brakes. Either you are low on oil (most likely) or there is a problem with the pickup tube.

 

I agree with Sinewave's ideas, and will add one more. The dipstick is defective, making you think the engine has enough oil when it actually does not.

 

Check Your Brake Fluid Level.... Let me know if that was the problem....

 

I had this happen on my old Honda and it was the oil pump it wasn't pushing the oil pressure hard enough. just my .02 cents.

 

I had the same thing happen.... Add oil (mine was low)

 

Inadequate brake fluid can cause the Brake warning light to flash when the car is braked. Zaebis reported a different problem. His Oil warning light flashes when the car is braked.

 

brake fluid was at normal. i checked my oil though. dipstick was dry. i guess it is kinda self explanatory.

 

My oil light comes on after 15 minutes of hiway driving. I tried adding but I didn't want to add to much. My dip stick shows completely coted. I don't think my dip stick is diping into the right area. I changed the oil and added excatly 5 quarts, still the same thing is happening ... the oil light comes on after a while. It starts off dim and after a while gets brighter. All the simptoms of it just not having enough oil. It goes away when I turn off the engine and then reappers after 5 minutes of driving. Oil sensor? Loose conection? Its not leaking out anywhere? "Dam you electrical gremlins!!!"

 

Yay for reviving 8 year old threads.

Newbie thread, seriously.

You are waiting a while before checking the oil, or you're checking it cold, right? The VQ dipstick is a tricky thing

If it's dim at first then grows brighter, I would first replace the OPSU and check the wiring. It should just be an on/off indicator light, as the sending unit is nothing but a NO switch to ground.