7AFE AT200 Oil Light On? Options

[Scootworth]

Hey all,

PREFACING THIS BY SAYING THE AREA WAS WIDE EMPTY ROADS. Now then...

It's been snowing as of late in my area so my world is simply a skid pad for me and my 95 Celica ST (169k on the clock). I had the day off today and took the long route to the post office hooning about in corners. After doing a skid where I lost control and ended up almost stalling out, my oil light came on as if I did stall but I ended up keeping the car moving with a little push of the gas.

Since then, the oil light comes on when I cruise in neutral to a stop or press on my brakes but disappears when I am idling at the stop. My RPM's have been normal (750-800) and I've yet to notice anything weird. The dipstick came up short when I checked it right after turning it off so I'll check after posting, but I did just perform an oil change two days ago so it shouldn't be low oil.

I feel it could be a faulty sender unit or by the lateral forces of skidding and sliding it may have offset the readings of the unit.

Thoughts?

[Box]

Hmm... Don't see how the crankshaft seal just up and went at that given moment... That and the oil wouldn't collect on plastic trim in the engine bay, it'd be all over your clutch and flywheel. If it was losing all that oil through the crank seal the clutch would be ruined and you'd have noticed it when driving. I'm highly suspicious... Seems like to me it's something simple like the oil filter or drain plug since this just happened right after you did the oil change, and this shop is saying it's the crank seal because that's a big money job and in reality they're just throwing on a new oil filter and crush washer for the drain plug. Of course I'm highly suspicious of shops since many won't hesitate to **** someone over that doesn't know any better.

Here since they're saying it's the crank seal and you need a new clutch then the labour to do it will be included in the job since it has to come off anyway for the crank seal, so ask about doing the clutch at parts cost and see what they say.