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July 2003
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Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Mon, 29 December 2003 05:04
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I was driving along and the oil light came on, so I pulled over, checked the oil, it's fine... shined a torch in the oil cap, and have good oil flow...
What do I need to do? Best to get a guage on it to make sure it's got oil pressure, could it be the sensor?
What do you guys think is going on?
Cheers
Paul
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Dandenong/VIC
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May 2002
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Mon, 29 December 2003 06:02
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have you run a ecu diagnostic test?
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Brisbane
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July 2003
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Mon, 29 December 2003 06:50
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No, how do I do that?
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Dandenong/VIC
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May 2002
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
July 2003
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Mon, 29 December 2003 07:33
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blink blink blink blink blink blink blink.....
You get the idea, it showed normal.
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Location:
Newcastle
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April 2003
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Mon, 29 December 2003 08:06
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Could be a dodgy sender unit but put a pressure guage on it first or just hook up an aftermarket one somewhere permanatly.
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Brisbane
Registered:
July 2003
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Mon, 29 December 2003 08:11
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Where do I put the new guage on?
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Brisbane
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July 2003
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Mon, 29 December 2003 08:12
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As in, where do I plumb it into?
Cheers
Paul
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Mon, 29 December 2003 08:30
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you'd replace the idiot light sender switch with a sender that shows actual pressure.. the VDO pressure senders i have are all 1/8 NPT thread. the K motor idiot light sender was a smaller thread diameter, but very similar thread, so i just used a 1/8 NPT tap to open it up a bit 
Cya, Stewart
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Brisbane
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July 2003
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Mon, 29 December 2003 08:40
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I just went and switched the car on and it didn't come up......
It could do with an oil and filter change, I don't think the mechanic flushed out the system when he did all the work on it so it's probably full of crap!
I am sure that's all that is needed *touch wood*
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Location:
Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Mon, 29 December 2003 13:07
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Don't know about the older Soarers, but the MKIII Soarers have both oil pressure and oil level warning lights. I had a faulty oil level sensor which kept giving me false warnings even though the oil was up to the full level. I swapped out the sensor for a know good one and no more warnings unless the oil is genuinely low.
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Location:
Brisbane
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July 2003
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Wed, 31 December 2003 00:07
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I wanna replace the sensor...
How do I get it out? Where is it?
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Location:
Brisbane
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July 2003
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Wed, 31 December 2003 00:30
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And where do I plump a guage into?
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Oil light is coming on... (7M-GTE)
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Thu, 01 January 2004 08:02
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next to the oil feed for the turbo on the block from memory... dont snap it off, did that on an m-eu and ended up discarding the motor (wasnt a hard choice with a free 5m-e to replace it)
Allan
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