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]

Well so long as it's all working again properly I guess there's that. I suppose it's possible it just happened to let go at that time, coincidence and all that. Generally main seals only blow from crankcase pressure(though age of the seal and bearing wear don't help), so if you haven't replaced the PCV valve in some time would look at it and make sure it's working properly. $800 isn't too bad for all the work and parts, shame I didn't see your reply sooner(it didn't show up in my new posts) as you could've gotten the clutch added in. I'm surprised the shop didn't say anything about the clutch being it all had to come off anyway, and given the reason for going in. Oh well... It's not too hard to change the clutch if you're good at following instructions, might make for a nice Spring time project for you.