Red oil light comes on during hard braking?
#1
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Red oil light comes on during hard braking?
The other day I noticed that the red oil light (genie bottle looking thing) came on for about 1 second and then went away. I didn't really pay attention to it until it happened again and I noticed that it would come on when I brake harder than normal. Could it be that I'm low on oil and it sloshes forward when I brake hard so the computer detects it for a split second?
#5
my gfs ford escape did the same thing when she was going up hill one day. she called me and asked what it was. i told her to come over and i checked her oil, there WAS NOTHING!!!! on the dipstick. then i took the oil cap off and it was like steamy. i changed her oil for her and only 1.5-2quarts came out out of 5.5...she was probably close to a blown motor.
#7
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The computer doesnt detect anything.
You lost oil pressure, because you are way low on oil.
I'm about to put a 6th engine in an s2k, all due to a spun bearings that happened months after an incident just like yours.
Good luck.
You lost oil pressure, because you are way low on oil.
I'm about to put a 6th engine in an s2k, all due to a spun bearings that happened months after an incident just like yours.
Good luck.
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#10
oil starvation is a main killer of these engines, it doesn't take much oil loss to do it either, keep it filled as close to the full mark as you can, check it frequenly.