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Vehicle & Technical => Range Rover => Topic started by: benbenukuk on February 19, 2008, 18:05:02

Title: oil warning light
Post by: benbenukuk on February 19, 2008, 18:05:02

hi, the oil warning light has come on, it comes on when you put it in d and r, and either goes off or flickers when in p, it goes off when your driving, any ideas?  Ben

Title: Re: oil warning light
Post by: Guardian. on February 19, 2008, 19:17:18

GET the oil pressure chequed with a proper guage, make sure theres sufficient oil pressure, just incase pumps on its way out, or you could scrap you lump.

Title: Re: oil warning light
Post by: Range Rover Blues on February 20, 2008, 03:50:18

Agreed but I suspect it's the wiring, the engine rocks when you select a gear and it's shorting to earth.

If it is the engine then when you select a gear the revs drop enough to loose all oil pressure, and it is ALL oil pressure in which case the engine is poorly.

Try thicker oil and change it every 3,000 miles, but TBH it's not long for this world if it is oil pressure, to have the light come on is BAD.

Title: Re: oil warning light
Post by: Guardian. on February 20, 2008, 09:55:36

YER, dont i know it :evil:

Title: Re: oil warning light
Post by: FITZ4X4 on February 21, 2008, 15:46:50

Change the oil sender switch only a few quid and often at fault. If that does not work I'd change the oil pump. Obviously adding new oil and filter. I have had worn pumps and a pump where the bypass was sticking and letting it lose pressure. All worth try before changing the engine.

If worse come to worse I have a good 3.5 V8 Engine you can have for £150 excluding the anciliaries.

Gary 07774277601