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Where is my oil warning light?

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Old 10-21-2012, 10:44 PM
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Default Where is my oil warning light?

I have the cluster out right now, PO clean up it feels like. Anyways found out there's no bulb in the check engine socket (big suprise). Also cant seem to find where the oil dummy light physically should be in the cluster. According to the FSM it's in the tach?

I'm experiencing an intermittent oil pressure issue according to the analog gauge. I wouldn't mind some reassurance that I can at least fire it up. (Granted yes manual gauge would tell in short order)

I know I need a formal intro sometime, I lurk. Car is a 1987 NA. I'll have pictures up sometime.
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Low oil pressure is just at the bottom of the analog oil pressure gauge. Low oil level is, I believe, just the exclamation point in the tach (I think only '88+ cars have the oil level sensor).
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That's how mine is. I had a low oil warning a week or two ago and it's just the exclamation point in the tach (87 Turbo though).

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Wow haha the "!" is always on. Looks like I'll be buying a manual gauge tomorrow.


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mine too is at the bottom of the H20 temp/fuel level guage.

if it comes on, it may need to be reset by the computer diagnostic.
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Originally Posted by Van
Low oil pressure is just at the bottom of the analog oil pressure gauge. Low oil level is, I believe, just the exclamation point in the tach (I think only '88+ cars have the oil level sensor).
My '87 had the low oil sensor, but the PO saw fit to run the wire between the block and the water pump.



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