'99 Accord Blinking Oil Light -- sanity check
 

Hi, (I posted this in a rec. group, then I found this group...sorry)

1999 Honda Accord 4 cylinder with 116K miles. Bought used about 1K
miles ago.

I changed the oil, and put on a non-Honda oil filter (STP). Car ran
fine for about 1K miles -- now the oil light blinks intermittently. It
will blink for about a minute, then go off for 10-15 minutes, then
blink again. No matter what the driving situation. After the first
couple of times I saw this, I stopped driving the car, it's sitting in
my garage now.

I called the dealer, and the lead service guy told me that when they
see this it is always the oil sender switch. He said if it were really
a mechanical problem, the light would blink all the time.

So, I figure that for $10 (cost of switch), I'll just change it, and
I'll also switch to a Honda labeled oil filter, from the dealer.

Questions: Anyone else been through anything like this? Could the STP
oil filter have been the culprit? Does the analysis/conclusion make
sense -- that if it were really a mechanical issue, the light would
stay on all the time?

Thanks,
Randy

Re: '99 Accord Blinking Oil Light -- sanity check
 

i think those stp filters are too cheapo for a honda. i would switch to
nothing less than fram or the oem honda ones. use valvoline to. :)


-jeff

"Randy MacKenna" <randymackenna@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, (I posted this in a rec. group, then I found this group...sorry)
>
> 1999 Honda Accord 4 cylinder with 116K miles. Bought used about 1K
> miles ago.
>
> I changed the oil, and put on a non-Honda oil filter (STP). Car ran
> fine for about 1K miles -- now the oil light blinks intermittently. It
> will blink for about a minute, then go off for 10-15 minutes, then
> blink again. No matter what the driving situation. After the first
> couple of times I saw this, I stopped driving the car, it's sitting in
> my garage now.
>
> I called the dealer, and the lead service guy told me that when they
> see this it is always the oil sender switch. He said if it were really
> a mechanical problem, the light would blink all the time.
>
> So, I figure that for $10 (cost of switch), I'll just change it, and
> I'll also switch to a Honda labeled oil filter, from the dealer.
>
> Questions: Anyone else been through anything like this? Could the STP
> oil filter have been the culprit? Does the analysis/conclusion make
> sense -- that if it were really a mechanical issue, the light would
> stay on all the time?
>
> Thanks,
> Randy
>