I actually had to purchase the Dunkin' Donuts ground coffee. There is no Dunkin Donut close by where I live. I'd have to drive to Delaware or exit 10 295. Hmmm Maybe on the way to the G.O.N.E event the ccgto's will let me stop to grab a cup. Oh, that is right. I'll be driving my goat, never mind. I dont drink in my car.
I know for a fact it is not the normal check engine oil light. It specifically says "Check Oil". Let me see if I can attach the picture.
One way of telling that it's not the one you reset, is that normally with that light it will always come on once you start the car until you reset it. This one goes off, and has only alerted me while driving. It happened to me again today. I am definitely taking it to the dealer again tomorrow.
I know for a fact it is not the normal check engine oil light. It specifically says "Check Oil". Let me see if I can attach the picture.
One way of telling that it's not the one you reset, is that normally with that light it will always come on once you start the car until you reset it. This one goes off, and has only alerted me while driving. It happened to me again today. I am definitely taking it to the dealer again tomorrow.
Definately get your car into the dealer. It is either a minor problem with a sensor, or a major, you ARE right now doing serious engine damage issue.
So I had my car in for a rear end replacement about 3 weeks ago, and during this time they also did my oil change. But as some of you may have read my "Did I rob My Goat of Power" I did not feel any difference in my goat after my oil change was done. I thought it was because of my newly installed exhaust.
But the weirdest thing happened to me when driving home yesterday. A "Check Oil" alert came up on my display. I was completely confused by it because I had just had the oil changed. At first thought was "am I leaking oil?" So as soon as I parked my car, I let it sit for about an hour and checked the oil level. It was fine, and I didn't notice any leak. But in feeling the oil, I noticed that it was a little thin.
So now I am wondering if they put Mobil 1 in my car. I really hope they didn't put just conventional oil and this caused the alert. If so, what kind of damage am I looking at? Do you guys think from what I described that it is possible they put in the wrong oil? Or could it be that they just forgot to reset the computer when the oil was changed? But doesn't it say something else when that comes up? Doesn't it say Check Engine, and not "Check Oil"?
I may just be exaggerating but now every little thing that I notice wrong I fear the worst.
Most likely they put the wrong oil filter on the car
So I took the car to the dealer and what they found was a bad "Oil Sender Unit". I have never heard of anything like this before, but it fixed the problem. Has anyone else heard of this? If the name is any indication of what the unit does then I am guessing that it sends oil. Who knows.
I am just happy that we got this figured out and that my baby is doing fine now. Time to get her all washed up and take her for a nice cruise.
Yes...those go out from time to time, but on a new car? Anything can happen.. I had 2 computers and a BCM replaced so far, so yea $hit happens. Your oil sending unit apparently was telling your engine you didn't have oil pressure.
The oil sending unit reads the oil pressure and converts that reading to an electrical signal. That signal is then turned into a reading on your gauge. My guess being a minor problem with a sensor was that your sending unit had failed.
In a case like this I would throw in a "T" at the sending unit and temporarily run a mechanical oil pressure gauge at the same time. Then run it around until the dash oil light came on, then read the actual pressure with the mechanical gauge. That will tell you right away if the problem is with the engine, or the reading of the pressure by the sending unit and/or dash gauge.
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