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| vmills |
 Aug 11 2005, 07:48 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 5-May 05 From: Andover, MA\Watertown, WI Member No.: 4,033  |
My oil light is flashing. It has done this before, and it went out after a little driving. But it's back and it's not going away after a little driving, and I'm not sure how it works or why it's flashing. It also has some peculiar behavior I haven't noticed before...
Firstly, it starts flashing when I turn the ignition on, before I start the engine. Is this normal? It wasn't doing this before. I thought the oil light turned on when the oil pressure was too low? When the engine isn't running there is no oil pressure...is this normal for it to be flashing before the engine is on? Secondly, if I use a turn signal while it's flashing, the oil light blinks at the same frequency as the turn signal. Same thing happens if I turn on the hazards. Is this normal? I've never noticed it before but it could've happened... Also, is the car's oil situation so bad when it's flashing that I should stop driving it immediately? Can the light turn on steady (without flashing)? Oh, i'm so naive...thanks for any help |
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| GS9146Driver |
Aug 11 2005, 08:10 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 76 Joined: 23-February 04 From: Collinsville, OK Member No.: 1,706 |
The oil pressure light is illuminated by a ground provided by the oil pressure switch which has closed contacts when oil pressure is not present. You may have a wire grounded intermittantly. Sometimes weird things begin to happen as you described with the turn signals and hazards. To be really certain that it is wiring and you are not endangering the life of your engine, you could buy an inexpensive direct reading(tube connected) oil pressure gauge from your local auto parts store. Connect it up and run the engine, read the pressure- no pressure-shut it off!
I have the Haynes manuals and the electrical diagrams are very straight forward. BTW- what year is the car and what engine? Geo (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif) |
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vmills oil light w/ turn signal? Aug 11 2005, 07:48 PM
bd1308 that is NOT normal behavior.
i'd check the fu... Aug 11 2005, 07:53 PM vmills Any idea on where these connections would be? Beh... Aug 11 2005, 07:55 PM bd1308 hmm....what *I* would do is actually to check the ... Aug 11 2005, 08:10 PM vmills i) if you turn the key to on, what happens to the ... Aug 11 2005, 08:18 PM bd1308 look by the distributor...there is a hole in the t... Aug 11 2005, 08:22 PM GS9146Driver Cool! I happen to own a '74 1.8.
Give me a... Aug 11 2005, 08:22 PM vmills OK...i decided to go out in the rain and poke arou... Aug 11 2005, 08:33 PM bd1308 hmm
i was thinking that the brake warning light g... Aug 11 2005, 08:33 PM vmills brake warning light doesn't light up much anym... Aug 11 2005, 08:36 PM GS9146Driver Okay, oil pressure switch is located inthe engine ... Aug 11 2005, 08:39 PM vmills That helps a lot, I'll look more into that tom... Aug 11 2005, 08:42 PM GS9146Driver I edited the previous post... Flasher switch Red/w... Aug 11 2005, 08:46 PM vmills Thanks Aug 11 2005, 09:00 PM type47 interesting.... my 74 1.8 L-jet has the "same" pro... Aug 12 2005, 06:56 AM
vmills yeah, i'm not sure about the turn signal thing... Aug 12 2005, 07:34 AM |
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