 Oil pessure light flickers on startup., Heard it could be normal, pressure just has to build when started. |
 May 25, 2011 - 2:01 PM
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So after my cars been sitting for a lil bit my oil pressure light flickers real fast. Like when it starts up it goes off bought halfway comes back on real fast then goes off. Its never when I'm driving or anything. Just when I start it. From what I can gather from other forums its just a pressure loss from the heat combined with the viscosity of the oil that is normal most of the time. There is no knocking and my engine starts fine. I just wanna check though cause this is my first summer with the car and so I don't know.
Video Not when its starting of course, right after the engine starts if you pay close attention you can see it dims a lil bit and goes back up. Its hard to see on the video. Even if you cant see it you can tell my lights on for a second after the engine starts, but if I start my car up after its just been ran the light immediately goes off. So is this bad, or is it a normal thing? This post has been edited by travisxcore: May 25, 2011 - 2:48 PM |
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Jul 5, 2011 - 4:22 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 24, '11 From 704 Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
I really hope it isn't but my engine does have 195k miles on it...
It doesn't really sound like a knock though. It sounds more of like a pump. Like if the oil pump was going bad. And it sounds like its next to the air intake. Right when the light shuts off it stops. Thats the best way to describe I can describe it. I'd try to video it but its to subtle to hear in it and even if I did stick the camera in the bay all you'd be able to hear is my intake. Lol. |
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travisxcore Oil pessure light flickers on startup. May 25, 2011 - 2:01 PM
purplegt4 what does the oil dipstick show? May 25, 2011 - 3:21 PM travisxcore That I put a tenth of a quart of extra oil like us... May 25, 2011 - 3:29 PM trdproven i had something similar but it may be different, m... May 25, 2011 - 6:29 PM fiveS-FTE Go to your buddies car and turn the car on, all th... Jun 22, 2011 - 6:55 PM travisxcore Haha. Yea I know about all the lights on startup b... Jul 4, 2011 - 12:55 AM Bitter or the pressure switch is on the way out, they get... Jul 4, 2011 - 6:02 PM travisxcore I thought it might have been that but something (w... Jul 5, 2011 - 2:43 AM stephen_lee maybe the vibrating is a knock.. :| my engine that... Jul 5, 2011 - 3:25 PM
stephen_lee may also be in the valves Jul 6, 2011 - 4:39 PM |
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