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]

I think so (based on my own experience). I bought my celica with 173K on it and it drove and rode just fine with no engine probs until around 190K (no oil lights but lower oil press (right at the minimum) and that's probably because I drove it really hard and was a little careless with the oil changes. I once went 8K miles on regular oil before changing it. It came out really dark and felt really, really thin.

When I got my old pistons back during the rebuild, the original pistons had bad signs of scuffing wear but still not enough to cause smoke out the exhaust - the rings weren't that bad. Our engines are pretty rugged.

Also, like my engine had, you probably have dry rot here and there on some areas and or components. I just lost my cold air start temp. sensor because of dry rot. The plastic just gets really old and then cracks causing the sensor to default.

This post has been edited by 6G96GT: Oct 1, 2011 - 1:48 PM