Low Oil Light
 

Lately my "Low Oil" light comes on when i start my car and it stays on. I checked the oil and its fine. sometimes though the light wont come on. maybe its just a bad sensor?

Mine did that 2....all I did was took out my battery overnight and it hasn't done it since

yeah i thought about that, just reset the ecu. i'll try that

well it didnt work. i had it unplugged all day even though all it takes is 30 minutes. still came on. i turned the engine off and started it back up and it didnt come on anymore, but now the idle is jumpy and weird. stupid cars.

the ecm needs to relearn a bit, if the low oil light keeps comming on it would be a sensor

yeah ima get my car on the hoist tomorrow. is the sensor most likely on the side of the oil pan? i've seen one there...

I think so, but not positive

it might be there- its on the inside on the LT1's...Hopefully you can get to it from the outside, otherwise its a PITA to get too!!

I had the same problem, it came on for a moment and I got my oil changed and it was fine.

imagine that low oil, and the solution would be changing it :lolsign:

Seriously sensors have to be one of the most expensive things on newer cars (since they go out so much).

yep my grandpa's caddy had sensor trouble, my dad's expedition did, and my aunt's camry did as well. i say lets go back to carborateurs with 427's and screw computers :lolsign:

hey, my husband says that, too! :lolsign:

and still have points, condensor, jets, and other parts that go bad. they cost as much in the long run (points need to be rplaced at each oil change for most performance)

some people would just rather mess with that though, than have to play around with computer-oriented parts. That's how Ryan is. He hates working on my car. But then, I don't think she cares much for him, either. :D

Thats why none of my sensors work w00tt :nana:

Only thing working is my gas guage, and tach. Nothing else is needed :D

P.S. its an aftermarket tach my regular tach is broke 2 lol.

lol I forgot to mention that when I checked my oil after the light came on, I was on full.. :nana:

when the oil gets too dirty it won't be detected by the sensor, that sensor going bad is uaually a sign of oil changes being too far between, or something in the oil

haha, can you say ghetto. you should prolly have an oil press. gauge and temp. gauge too but hey, at least if you get pulled over you can be honest with the cop.lol

Bet mines faster than urs :nana:

...well...was faster :banghead:

thats most likely what it is, theres something in the oil. when its not running it settles and the sensor picks it up, so it makes sense that if i turn it off and start it again, that whatevers in it has moved around and isnt detected anymore.

but i just changed the oil not too long ago...hmm...about 1200 miles ago and 2 months...

yeah the last time I changed my oil before this recent one was in the spring... so it was definitely too far between.

what kind of oil? I have seen some that do strange things in a short time (we had a truck read full on the dipstick and wouldn't drain it only had 1300 miles on it, the oil was jelled)

just wait, theres an Iroc in my near future...lol

Havoline 5W-30

I'm confused, what car is yours? The 3rd gen in your sig or the 69 in your avi?

that's a decent oil but a bit thin for your temperature area (5w30 is best in Canada and alaska) The only oil weight GM puts in cars is 10w30 that's at the factory and dealer, guess what weight I use

sorry for jackin the thread... i thought i already made it clear but i guess not, sorry. the 69 is my dads car, the third gen RS is my car, when i joined i didnt have my car so i decided to use 69z-28 as my name and just figured everyone knows me by that now so theres no point in changing it.

my owners manual says 5W-30 is best for my engine. i tried 10W-30 and had weird oil pressures so i switched back.

describe weird? Read the manual it will have a temperature range, trust me the enging had mobile 10w30 at the factory

a bunch of us here were just having this discussion the other day. what tends to be the average oil pressure in our cars, and what constitutes an abnormal oil pressure?

If I remeber correctly 30psi at idle is spec

well the oil pressure would drop down to zero during hot days and the check gages light came on. i switched back to 5W-30 and its fine now. and the manual does have a temp range thing and 5W-30 is best for me.