Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 08:13 am, by: Marius Hainal(Torque)
Hi all,
Lately starting my car I get this warning DING! ; looking at translation table seems to be 'Oil Pressure' ,not level. I recently changed the oil and filter, and it's not that as it happened before I did as well ( only ran 5000 kays anyway on Mobil 1 ).
My question is , is it possibly the sensor? As I can buy a new one and change that. It never comes up during driving, only for a second at start, and not all the time.
Car is not using oil at all, engine is very clean, there are no noises at all , etc.
I am afraid of worse, like oil pump or the like ? I had this happened on other cars, better or worse than Soarer and most of the time was electrics or sensor, I yet have to see an oil pump going.
My battery is also a bit weak, can it be that; i.e is drawing a bit more amps at start and having a little of impact on electrics ? I noticed it's mostly happening when auto lights are on or when A/C is one, so engine revs a bit lower...
I have had a random "ding" in my car, maybe 2 - 3 times in the last few months, no idea what it is, never seem to really get a good look at the error on the dash, all i know is nothing changes in the car, and still works fine. I will study up on the design of the oil pressure warning, and when it happens next see if that's the same as what i'm getting
Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 06:12 pm, by: Ben Socratous(Socrates)
Oil can do that to, it runs away from the pickup under heavy cornering, hence why race cars run a dry sump setup or have some serious baffle work done on the existing sump.
Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 09:26 pm, by: Marius Hainal(Torque)
Mine is definitely oil pressure, and it is random. It did not happen today anymore... I suspect a faulty pressure sensor, or if pressure is picked up above the oil filter, a bad filter without the return valve working.
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