Simple test - remove terminal from oil switch. If light stays on, it's a wiring fault. If light goes out, it's a faulty sensor.
Or worse...
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| Author: | Jono [ January 17th, 2012, 10:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Oil Pressure Light |
Mine's just started staying on all the time. It's done it for a couple of days. I thought the oil might be low (which it was, a bit), but now I've topped it up the light's still on. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the engine at all, and there are no oil leaks. So I'm guessing it's just the switch that's at fault? I'm driving down to That London this evening, so I hope there's nothing drastic going on! |
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| Author: | J-dub [ January 17th, 2012, 1:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oil Pressure Light |
Maybe the wire or a wire had poped off? |
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| Author: | Luke [ January 17th, 2012, 2:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oil Pressure Light |
Nah, it won't light up at all if the wire's disconnected. I'd go with the dicky switch theory. |
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| Author: | knightley [ January 17th, 2012, 6:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oil Pressure Light |
Luke wrote: Nah, it won't light up at all if the wire's disconnected. I'd go with the dicky switch theory. Unless the wire is chafed and grounding somewhere. |
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| Author: | Bart [ January 17th, 2012, 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oil Pressure Light |
The oil pressure switch connects to earth, so if the wire finds an earth elsewhere the light comes on. |
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| Author: | Devils Advocate [ January 17th, 2012, 8:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oil Pressure Light |
Simple test - remove terminal from oil switch. If light stays on, it's a wiring fault. If light goes out, it's a faulty sensor. Or worse...
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| Author: | Jono [ January 18th, 2012, 9:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oil Pressure Light |
Cheers chaps. It's obviously nothing much, as I've just returned from a 300 mile full-chat blast down the motorways to Windsor and back, and the car's running like a dream. The light didn't come on today at all anyway. I'll investigate wiring etc. at the weekend. |
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| Author: | Devils Advocate [ January 19th, 2012, 12:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oil Pressure Light |
Ok, a 300-mile, full-chat blast is one way of testing your oil pressure... Pleased it doesn't seem to be a serious problem 
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| Author: | Luke [ January 19th, 2012, 12:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oil Pressure Light |
To be honest, having had a major oil leak when the oil pressure light wasn't connected, a 5 mile gentle potter to work would have been a fairly conclusive test.. Not my finest hour! |
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| Author: | Jono [ January 19th, 2012, 5:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oil Pressure Light |
Devils Advocate wrote: Ok, a 300-mile, full-chat blast is one way of testing your oil pressure... Pleased it doesn't seem to be a serious problem Yep, I just thought "it'll either get me there and back with no problem, or I'll have to call the recovery people". It was only when I'd gone a way down the road that I realised I'd "done a Russ" and not got the recovery company's phone number on me... |
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