My oil light keeps coming on n off, it goes away as I drive but at a red light it comes on. How hard would it be to change the oil sensor n the rear main seal?
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My oil light keeps coming on n off, it goes away as I drive but at a red light it comes on. How hard would it be to change the oil sensor n the rear main seal?
its been posted that the screen or passage in front of the sensor becomes clogged and needs cleaned with age, causing this similar issue. verify your pressure is ok.
The condition that you are describing is very common to most Asian cars made in the past few decades.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simple aveo
If you have no oil leak, it sounds like it's a bad oil pressure switch. (The switch sends a signal to the light on your dashboard.) It's a cheap part and an easy one to change. Do that before you do anything else and it may solve your problem.
But it is leaking Alot of oilQuote:
Originally Posted by Thymeclock
You need to either check the pressure or get a new oil sender on asap to make sure the oil pressure really isn't low. Then, assuming the oil pressure is ok, you need to find out exactly where the leak is coming from. Clean the oil from everything you can reach in the bay and also underneath, run it for just a minute, and then check for oil. Repeat until you find it. If it doesn't leak anymore, then it was the sender that had been leaking.
Or, if you don't DIY, take it in and hopefully a mechanic can find the leak right away, after checking to see if the pressure is ok.
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Originally Posted by Simple aveo
where is it leaking oil? you said to replace the rear main seal, that means you are pulling the engine or transmission.
Yess my friends tell me it leaks from there, like near the right bottom part of the carQuote:
Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit
the bottom right of the car is no where near the rear main seal.
i bet your oil pressure sensor is leaking.
All leaks appear at the bottom of the car. You need to crawl under the car, wipe the oily mess off so it is all clean, run it for a a day at most, then crawl under the car again with a light and try to find where the leak is coming from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simple aveo
Short of your doing that to help yourself, we can't do it for you.
Everyone I lift the car up, the oil sensor is covered n dropping in oilQuote:
Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit