I COULD BE WRONG. I usually am.

But I think these oil level warnings ground to signal low oil. So if you have a broken wire that is not touching anything, the symptom should be NEVER getting a low oil light... *I Think*. I think it has to be a closed circuit to light the warning light. So what you more likely have is a wire grounding out to the chassis/engine through a hole in its insulation.

If I'm 100% wrong and 180 degrees backwards on this, then you're right that a broken wire would be illuminating your light. Somebody correct me on this if I got it backwards.

The 1 minute delay is likely the fact that the thing is configured to wait 1 minute after the switch says "low oil" before illuminating the light to compensate for the fact that the oil may sling away from the sensor every time you turn right or left (whichever it is) and you don't want the light flickering constantly.

Either way it's probably a wire problem. But disconnecting *I THINK* will simply result in never getting an oil warning.

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL