5s oil light at start up Options

[kurt95gt]

ok this week I noticed my oil light comes on at start up an then shuts of within 5 seconds
its only on a cold start too
it still has the 5s with 178732 mile
I kno the oil pan leaks some good but is there anything else I should be worried about

[RabidTRD]

I ran an electric Sunpro gauge from Advance Auto Parts with the matching sender and it was cheap, accurate, and doesn't risk running oil into the cabin.




Hard to see the T on there, but it's also from Advance Auto Parts. It's a standard 1/8th NTP. The issue is that our cars are british NTP not american NTP and it's threads are deeper. Just take some 800 grit around the threads a few times and it'll spin in with no problem.

Also, it's normal for the car to have the oil light stay on a little longer on cold days. Keep in mind, our filters are angled down. All the oil settles to the bottom and gets thicker in the cold, therefore it takes longer to get to the top. If you are worried about it, run 5w30 in the winter and 10w30 in the summer. 10w30 is the recommended weight for our engines all season simply because of how high RPM they run in these cars. Protects longer.

A nice thing about the oil pressure gauge is the fact that you can tell when it's to change it due to breakdown and not just dirt/milage. I actually have to change mine before 3k miles sometimes due to how hard I push my car and I wouldn't be able to tell without that gauge.

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: Oct 3, 2011 - 7:04 PM