Oil light on dash randomly comes on
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Oil light on dash randomly comes on
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It always amazes me that when a warning device operates on a piece of equipment, whether its a car or a 65 ton excavator they automatically assume that the warning device is at fault, rather than, its doing its job and I need to check it!
Couple of things to make sure off first though.
Is your dipstick tube fitted with the plastic orange guide? without it you will be running the engine with far too litlle oil, its unlikely its missing but it does happen.
Are you up to date with an oil and filter change?
If the answer to both of these is yes then a check with a calibrated oil pressure guage is next provided you are absolutely sure the wiring is sound, the only way to be sure is with a multimeter and a resistance check.
I would suggest that if you want to do the repairs yourself then buy a haynes manual, the oil warning and delivery systems on the car are involved/complicated systems (depending on your experience) and your fault could be with any part of it.
good luck
Do it once and do it right! ok, we've identified the problem, lets not make it worse by guessing……… Identifying the sympton is not the same as understanding the cause
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