5s oil light at start up Options

[kurt95gt]

ok this week I noticed my oil light comes on at start up an then shuts of within 5 seconds
its only on a cold start too
it still has the 5s with 178732 mile
I kno the oil pan leaks some good but is there anything else I should be worried about

[6G96GT]

That's not really a lot of oil adding to worry about as long as you keep it up. Checking the oil each morning is a good idea. I do that as well and my motor was fully rebuilt 10K ago.

The gauge is simple. Basically you remove the oil sending unit, then fit in a t-mount. Then, fit in the oil sending unit on one side of the t and then the new gauge on the other side of the t. The t mount itself is like $5 at any hardware store. The oil press. gauge is about $40-50 roughly for a good one and can be bought at any advance auto, pep boys, autozone.

Also, if you don't want to install it yourself, a mechanic will do it for cheap. At most, up to one hour's labor.

Here's a pic of mine (circled).



Should look like this when done...