5s oil light at start up Options

[6G96GT]

I bought my T at Robbins. Maybe you have one local to you? I also don't think leaking is a prob for mech gauges either. I've had them over the years and have never had probs.

[kurt95gt]

I bought my T at Robbins. Maybe you have one local to you? I also don't think leaking is a prob for mech gauges either. I've had them over the years and have never had probs.

I've never heard of robbins lol hopefully napa will have the right part
im probably going to have to wait till my next check but I should be able to make a mounting plate an hook up volt meter atleast an run the line for the oil gauge

little off topic how do I put pictures in a post?
( I do everything on my DROID x )

[ricochet1490]

I also say nothign to worry about at all. My Ranger did it, my celica does it. I also have a small leak, its just the oil sitting in the bottom of the pan. You're prolly just barking up a tree that is perfectly healthy

[stephen_lee]

a few seconds for it to turn off is ok. it takes longer when it sat a long time, and longer the colder it gets outside.

i would imagine 2-3 seconds on after the engine catches would be a bit too long.

[kurt95gt]

I also say nothign to worry about at all. My Ranger did it, my celica does it. I also have a small leak, its just the oil sitting in the bottom of the pan. You're prolly just barking up a tree that is perfectly healthy

nice to hear it from someone else in Ohio

I was starting to think the cold sir had something to do with it

where in Ohio do you live?

[kurt95gt]

a few seconds for it to turn off is ok. it takes longer when it sat a long time, and longer the colder it gets outside.

i would imagine 2-3 seconds on after the engine catches would be a bit too long.

it seem to me 2 seconds tops
I've tryed counting from start up to it kicking off im not even getting 2 out of ny mouth an its off
but figure since I got the gauges I might as well put them in an have a cool new look in my car
right now I think im mounting them in the little hole by the cig lighter
any other suggestion?

[ricochet1490]

I also say nothign to worry about at all. My Ranger did it, my celica does it. I also have a small leak, its just the oil sitting in the bottom of the pan. You're prolly just barking up a tree that is perfectly healthy

nice to hear it from someone else in Ohio

I was starting to think the cold sir had something to do with it

where in Ohio do you live?

I live is SE ohio. Currently in Athens at OU. Mine is about the same way. Sometimes it won't do it, other times gotta burp the throttle. It's just the oil pressure pilot hole thing taking its time. Prolly a little dirty. My old ranger was acutally getting to the point where sometimes the actualy oil pressure gauge would hit flat bottom zero (first time I thought i lost all oil and that my truck was gonna blow up lol) come to find out, it was just some oil sludge around that sensor causing intermittent problems when it was cold. Same thing here. When mine starts going longer than 2 seconds I check the oil, add the half quart-1qt I'm low and it's right back to .5 seconds. Def not much to worry about.

On a side note, how far are you from athens? On a second side note, we should get an Ohio/PA/WV meet set up

[kurt95gt]

I also say nothign to worry about at all. My Ranger did it, my celica does it. I also have a small leak, its just the oil sitting in the bottom of the pan. You're prolly just barking up a tree that is perfectly healthy

nice to hear it from someone else in Ohio

I was starting to think the cold sir had something to do with it

where in Ohio do you live?

I live is SE ohio. Currently in Athens at OU. Mine is about the same way. Sometimes it won't do it, other times gotta burp the throttle. It's just the oil pressure pilot hole thing taking its time. Prolly a little dirty. My old ranger was acutally getting to the point where sometimes the actualy oil pressure gauge would hit flat bottom zero (first time I thought i lost all oil and that my truck was gonna blow up lol) come to find out, it was just some oil sludge around that sensor causing intermittent problems when it was cold. Same thing here. When mine starts going longer than 2 seconds I check the oil, add the half quart-1qt I'm low and it's right back to .5 seconds. Def not much to worry about.

On a side note, how far are you from athens? On a second side note, we should get an Ohio/PA/WV meet set up

I think 2 hours tops but im not 10% sure where athena is lol
ill have to google it later
im all for a meet
even if it just me an you meetin on a weekend lol I went to a meet in north Ohio about 2the weeks ago

[RabidTRD]

I ran an electric Sunpro gauge from Advance Auto Parts with the matching sender and it was cheap, accurate, and doesn't risk running oil into the cabin.




Hard to see the T on there, but it's also from Advance Auto Parts. It's a standard 1/8th NTP. The issue is that our cars are british NTP not american NTP and it's threads are deeper. Just take some 800 grit around the threads a few times and it'll spin in with no problem.

Also, it's normal for the car to have the oil light stay on a little longer on cold days. Keep in mind, our filters are angled down. All the oil settles to the bottom and gets thicker in the cold, therefore it takes longer to get to the top. If you are worried about it, run 5w30 in the winter and 10w30 in the summer. 10w30 is the recommended weight for our engines all season simply because of how high RPM they run in these cars. Protects longer.

A nice thing about the oil pressure gauge is the fact that you can tell when it's to change it due to breakdown and not just dirt/milage. I actually have to change mine before 3k miles sometimes due to how hard I push my car and I wouldn't be able to tell without that gauge.

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: Oct 3, 2011 - 7:04 PM

[kurt95gt]

now kno why my t wont work ill fix that tomorrow

[ricochet1490]

I'm actually pissed. I was working at the Honda plant at East Liberty ALL summer lol. I was 15 min from you. I was actually staying in that small town of Raymond. That's a shame right there haha.

[kurt95gt]

I'm actually pissed. I was working at the Honda plant at East Liberty ALL summer lol. I was 15 min from you. I was actually staying in that small town of Raymond. That's a shame right there haha.

ahh that sucks lol
an that's the baby plant too did you see the marysville plant
well that to figure something out an meet up on a weekend this month before it gets super cold

[kurt95gt]

btw rabidtrd I love your celica
been reading your build from the start

[ricochet1490]

I'm actually pissed. I was working at the Honda plant at East Liberty ALL summer lol. I was 15 min from you. I was actually staying in that small town of Raymond. That's a shame right there haha.

ahh that sucks lol
an that's the baby plant too did you see the marysville plant
well that to figure something out an meet up on a weekend this month before it gets super cold

I have seen the MAP plant and I also did a term at the Anna engine plant. Pretty cool stuff, just not for my engineering mind lol

[kurt95gt]

so now im lost my check engine light just kicked on an my oil light doesn't stay on at on at all now
an car seems to run better
any ideas now?

[RabidTRD]

so now im lost my check engine light just kicked on an my oil light doesn't stay on at on at all now
an car seems to run better
any ideas now?

I'm glad you like my Celica haha. I've been trying to build her clean and sensible, but fun to drive.

What year is your Celica? Did you allow the switch to ground properly? It does ground through the block, so if you teflon wrap the threads, you're actually messing up that ground. Does the light come on at all when you turn the switch in the beginning, before you actually turn the car on? Also, make sure you didn't bump any wires from the O2 sensors (I did that once and it came unplugged) and that all of your vac hoses are connected (only OBDII will read this though).

If it's OBDII, I'd suggest going to a place like Advance Auto Parts or Autozone and use their MIL scanner. They'll run you through how to use it or they will come out and do it for you. That at least will give you an idea of what's going on. OBDI, do some research and grab a paper clip because it's not as easy.

[kurt95gt]

so now im lost my check engine light just kicked on an my oil light doesn't stay on at on at all now
an car seems to run better
any ideas now?

I'm glad you like my Celica haha. I've been trying to build her clean and sensible, but fun to drive.

What year is your Celica? Did you allow the switch to ground properly? It does ground through the block, so if you teflon wrap the threads, you're actually messing up that ground. Does the light come on at all when you turn the switch in the beginning, before you actually turn the car on? Also, make sure you didn't bump any wires from the O2 sensors (I did that once and it came unplugged) and that all of your vac hoses are connected (only OBDII will read this though).

If it's OBDII, I'd suggest going to a place like Advance Auto Parts or Autozone and use their MIL scanner. They'll run you through how to use it or they will come out and do it for you. That at least will give you an idea of what's going on. OBDI, do some research and grab a paper clip because it's not as easy.

its a 95
yay paperclip

[6G96GT]

Not sure why you got new probs with a CEL and the oil light failing. All I did for mine was simply remove the oil sending unit from the head, put the t in, then screw both the mech. gauge and oem oil sending unit into the t and that was it. Everything worked and has been working flawlessly ever since. Oh yeah, I did un-hook my battery during the process just to be on the 'safe side'.

This post has been edited by 6G96GT: Oct 4, 2011 - 8:38 PM

[kurt95gt]

Not sure why you got new probs with a CEL and the oil light failing. All I did for mine was simply remove the oil sending unit from the head, put the t in, then screw both the mech. gauge and oem oil sending unit into the t and that was it. Everything worked and has been working flawlessly ever since. Oh yeah, I did un-hook my battery during the process just to be on the 'safe side'.

I think there might be some dirt on the threads
im gonna try an check the cell an go from there

[ricochet1490]

Not sure why you got new probs with a CEL and the oil light failing. All I did for mine was simply remove the oil sending unit from the head, put the t in, then screw both the mech. gauge and oem oil sending unit into the t and that was it. Everything worked and has been working flawlessly ever since. Oh yeah, I did un-hook my battery during the process just to be on the 'safe side'.

I think there might be some dirt on the threads
im gonna try an check the cell an go from there

it might be worth your time to clean the threads try ot fix what you think the problem might be and just clear the cel and see if it comes back. instead of taking hours to figure out how to check it in the first place.