I seem to be getting a false oil warning lamp reading. There is plenty of oil in the engine, the oil pressure is staying at 3 when running and idling down around 1.5 where it always does, but occasionally, the amber oil warning lamp comes on.

any thoughts?

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prop up the faith,
whutchens

One interesting posibility is in the gauge itself. The gauge has a delay to the light. It is to keep the light from coming on after hard stopping or cornering where the oil runs one way dropping the gauge level. See if the problem only occurs after such events.

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Steve Brotherton
Continental Imports
Gainesville FL
Bosch Master, ASE Master, L1
33 years MB technician

It comes on when you a quart low. I believe it has a 20 second delay if I'm not mistaken. There is a sensor for the oil level located at the oil pan. Perhaps the sensor is bad?
David

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2000 Honda Accord V6 137k miles

1972 300SEL 4.5 98k miles

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