Oil Light Flashing, But...

[Jazmine]

I was on my way to work today and the oil light started flashing and I make it to work and checked the oil and there was barely any oil on the dip stick. I let the car sit for 30 minutes and checked it again. It was full when I checked it. Started the car back up and let it run for 5-10 minutes and the light never came back on. What could be the problem?

[h22sparkle]

I could be eithr the oil pressure switch on the back of the engine is either bad or not conected/broken or loose wire or that your oil pump is about to go.

[sleepysal]

check the wire on the sender ( it is located above the oil filter ) Most likley it is loose. You can always install an oil presure gauge to moniter the oil too.

[strongpants]

it sounds like your oil pump is about to fail.. you should have that changed immediately before you cause damage to your bearings and crank.

[WiKKeDV16]

yeaup.. same thing happend to an old 93 of mine.. itll start to flash faster and faster as time goes on.. so i suggest u park it .. if it does come back on

[Jazmine]

I have it parked for now til I have time to look at it. Thanks for the info.

[whatever210]

your screwed. if you dont watch the oil psi then youll kill your car. mine did the same thing then a week later i spun a bearing

[ellwoodLX]

Oil light

Mine did the same thing, so I had the oil changed. It did it a few more times
then it just stoped. Is this as seriuos as it sounds.

[MoonScryer]

It could be as simple as the oil sensor wire harness clip coming loose on the pressure sensor - old cars are prone to it. Could be something worse. I'd get a pressue gauge on the car and keep an eye on it. Cheap, and effective.

[Jazmine]

Heres what I have done, I changed the oil pressure sensor. Still does it. So, I took the oil pan off and every bolt was so loose that I took them off with my hand. The oil pan has very small build up and the oil screen is pretty nasty. There are three bolts missing from the cover over the crank. I called two different Honda dealerships to check on a oil pump and they both say that it is almost (99%) not the pump. They told me to take off my oil pan and clean it and the screen. I ran some new oil though the screen and it flowing alright. Could I need a new screen or is flowing alright good enough? I just want to check before I put it back together and check the oil pressure with the gauge.
The oil light only comes on after I drive at 3k rpms or over. I can sit in the car and rev it up to 3k rpms for about 3-5 minutes and the oil light comes on.

[NAiL05]

Hmmm just try to get most of the dirt and grime out of the screen as best as you can and reinstall and see what happens.

[Jazmine]

Got that fixed I think, the oil light flashes when the idle goes below 500. For some reason but as long the idle stays up it never comes on.