OIL PRESSURE LIGHT
11-01-2002, 01:48 PM
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OIL PRESSURE LIGHT
Does any one know if there is a seperate sending unit for the low oil pressure light on an '86 944 turbo? The light comes on in my car intermittently. The pressure gauge reads normally, and I have replaced its sending unit (located under the oil filter),however that did not cure the light. Any ideas?
11-01-2002, 01:51 PM
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You can still have good oil pressure even if you are a little low on oil. If you mainly get the light when making hard turns you could be just a little low and suffering from slight oil starvation.
Just trying to eliminate the obvious.
--Jonathan
Just trying to eliminate the obvious.
--Jonathan
11-01-2002, 02:37 PM
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If you are speakin gof the '!' idiot light, it will come on when your brake fluid is low as well. It lights up when making hard turns/accelerating rapidly/braking hard.
11-01-2002, 03:58 PM
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My oil light would come on intermittingly, especially when taking a hard left hand turn.
Turns out that the sending unit was shorting out on metal tubing cover located next to it. I bent the tubing a bit and all has been well since.
Turns out that the sending unit was shorting out on metal tubing cover located next to it. I bent the tubing a bit and all has been well since.
