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Default Re: Oil light goes on then off when the oil level is okay

Originally Posted by ray48317
I am driving straight and on a level road. The light comes on/off two times and then stays off. I have driven 2 miles and the light goes off for good, even if I stop for ten minutes and then take off. If I stop for an hour or more, and then turn the car back on and drive away, I have no problem with the light going on. Also, the car sits in the garage for 5 days before I drive it again; sometimes a couple of months go by before I drive it.
The oil has no more than 2000 miles on it. I change the oil filter when I change the oil. Could the people who changed the oil did not change the filter?
The filter they used was probably a paper filter, which by now has collapsed, but that wont light the low oil light.

The low oil light comes at at about two quarts low. If the light is coming on and the level is fine, they the sensor is bad - which has happened to literally DOZENS of members on the Fakebook pages.
 
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