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]

Yeah that's true, should've noticed it dumping all that oil out of the front of the engine though.