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Old 12-03-2008, 12:02 PM
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my car just started marking "stop engine"low oil pressure" i checked the oil and its in between add and full so its good. any help with this. do u think its the oil pressure sending unit? if it is where is it located and can u post an image or something?
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Old 12-03-2008, 12:27 PM
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Oil level has very little to do with oil pressure. You need to install an oil pressure gauge in place of the oil pressure sender to verify pressure is above 10 LB engine hot. Not knowing what car you drive, its difficult to tell you where it is, but they are generally by the oil filter. Please list type and year of car in your signature profile.
 
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Old 12-03-2008, 01:24 PM
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sorry about that.
95 cadillac sedan deville 4.9
 
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Old 12-08-2008, 07:57 PM
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i couldn't find an oil pressure test to borrow i dont want to buy one cuz im not gonna be using it but maybe once. i had my car running the other day for like 10 min. and the oil pressure low message never showed up. im driving just around town less than 5 miles away from house just in case it happens again. other than that it works fine. why does it not do it no more?????
 
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Old 12-08-2008, 08:25 PM
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Oil pressure switch maybe on its way out, also the connector tends to fall apart can allowing wires to short together causing light. The worst thing it could be is trash in the oil causing oil pump not to operate properly,at times
 
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Old 12-09-2008, 01:45 AM
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tell me you are not driving around with 50,000 miles on one oil change !



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Old 12-14-2008, 08:00 PM
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tell me you are not driving around with 50,000 miles on one oil change !



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no i change my oil every 3k miles or when my oil change light comes on. i hope it dont come on no more imma take for a long drive and hopefully wont leave me stranded.
 
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