vulvalover
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- Sep 28, 2018
My oil sensor light is flickering. At first it was very faint and only did it a little bit and then would go away. A few days later it would come on flickering very fast, but much brighter. I drove it today with the oil light mostly on, flickering "violently", but staying strong non the less.
I took the oil cap off while the engine was running. I saw little droplets of oil kicking up from the crank shaft. It seemed to be lubricating the engine but... Well what is it suppose to look like? There was some oil kicking up but how much is enough? It was more of a vapor spray, smaller droplets, nothing really shot out of the engine block.
My dipstick has oil all across the small etched marker part. I was always told this was the "full" setting. But the manual states this represents 1 quart. Does that mean I should have a dipstick with 3-4 inches of oil going across it?
I added half a quart of oil the first time the oil warning light came on, it seemed to help for a few hours at least. I added another half a quart the next time the senor kicked on and it did diddly squat. The senor still flickering. I see no oil leaks underneath the oil pan or anything drops coming from underneath. I don't see any leaks on the engine either at least not at a quick glance.
It took this car a little while to start doing this since I got it. But I noticed when I got it, it had 4 quarts of oil sitting on the floor. I'm starting to think this issue may have happened previously before? But I got about 2-3 weeks of driving it before the oil sensor started doing this. Strange that it would go away for that long if this was a previous issue, no?
Anybody know what this is and why it's happening?
I took the oil cap off while the engine was running. I saw little droplets of oil kicking up from the crank shaft. It seemed to be lubricating the engine but... Well what is it suppose to look like? There was some oil kicking up but how much is enough? It was more of a vapor spray, smaller droplets, nothing really shot out of the engine block.
My dipstick has oil all across the small etched marker part. I was always told this was the "full" setting. But the manual states this represents 1 quart. Does that mean I should have a dipstick with 3-4 inches of oil going across it?
I added half a quart of oil the first time the oil warning light came on, it seemed to help for a few hours at least. I added another half a quart the next time the senor kicked on and it did diddly squat. The senor still flickering. I see no oil leaks underneath the oil pan or anything drops coming from underneath. I don't see any leaks on the engine either at least not at a quick glance.
It took this car a little while to start doing this since I got it. But I noticed when I got it, it had 4 quarts of oil sitting on the floor. I'm starting to think this issue may have happened previously before? But I got about 2-3 weeks of driving it before the oil sensor started doing this. Strange that it would go away for that long if this was a previous issue, no?
Anybody know what this is and why it's happening?