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]

so now im lost my check engine light just kicked on an my oil light doesn't stay on at on at all now
an car seems to run better
any ideas now?

I'm glad you like my Celica haha. I've been trying to build her clean and sensible, but fun to drive.

What year is your Celica? Did you allow the switch to ground properly? It does ground through the block, so if you teflon wrap the threads, you're actually messing up that ground. Does the light come on at all when you turn the switch in the beginning, before you actually turn the car on? Also, make sure you didn't bump any wires from the O2 sensors (I did that once and it came unplugged) and that all of your vac hoses are connected (only OBDII will read this though).

If it's OBDII, I'd suggest going to a place like Advance Auto Parts or Autozone and use their MIL scanner. They'll run you through how to use it or they will come out and do it for you. That at least will give you an idea of what's going on. OBDI, do some research and grab a paper clip because it's not as easy.