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?

[Scootworth]

I know, I'm a little skeptical myself, but I've done oil changes for 10+ years and I've not made a mistake like that for a quite a while; that being said I could've definitely slipped up that day since it was so cold I wanted to get inside ASAP. I didn't loose any oil for 100 miles, but during the snow day suddenly I saw oil being dropped in the path I took.

Regarding the shop, I usually tend to stay away from them unless we REALLY need to, but my dad and I have been going to a local shop since before I was born to current day for any work too big for us so we've built some trust in them. They've serviced everything from our MR2, GS300, etc... that being said, they charged me $800 flat for cam seals, drive belt, water pump, timing belt, crankshaft seal, belts, and oil/antifreeze job.

I bought the car at about 167k and knew the car would need this stuff pretty soon seeing the owner didn't remember the last time any of this stuff was serviced despite having the records for the past 5 years.

The cold front in my area should be finished this week, so I'm going to be looking around and cleaning my engine bay while it's warm enough. At least now I have a 3000 mile or 3 month warranty on the work so if it acts up again, I can just bring it back to them at no cost.

and Box, I should've done that but I've already my car back. clutch isn't slipping too bad, so I guess I'll just wait a bit longer.