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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 01:29 PM
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Oil Light

On my way to work this morning, I noticed my little oil can light came on. It continued to go on then off throughout my 65 mile drive. When I got to work, I waited a half hour and checked the oil. The level was between L and H on my dip stick. Any suggestions on what could be wrong?

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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 01:47 PM
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The oil light is there to replace an oil pressure gauge. For some reason you have an oil pressure problem. It could be an oil pump going bad, plugged, or maybe you mixed oils? Dino and synthetic have, though rarely, had coagulation problems.
Old Dec 9, 2005 | 01:52 PM
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I guess I'll get the oil changed today (it's due) and see if I have any other problems.

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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 02:05 PM
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that's excatly wahat I was going to say... change the oil with mobil Sync and keep an eye on it......
Old Dec 10, 2005 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by MrMaximaGLE
On my way to work this morning, I noticed my little oil can light came on. It continued to go on then off throughout my 65 mile drive. When I got to work, I waited a half hour and checked the oil. The level was between L and H on my dip stick. Any suggestions on what could be wrong?

Keith
Hope it's just a bad sensor or a bad wire! That kind of stuff makes a person nervous Did it flash more at idle than at highway speeds?
You could check oil pressure by installing a mechanical gauge where the oil pressure switch screws into the block...
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