oil temp light ?

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dorfy

Discussion Starter · Nov 24, 2001

rescently went back home hor turkey day and it was really cold, especially at night. And im always in san diego but in the mornings or at night after no car use when i turned her on, the oil temp light would beep and flash, the temp read 0degz, any thoughts? didnt know the car needed to be warmed up, becuase i would just start the car, put it in drive and leave and the light would shoot up and beep! so i turned her off, checked the oil, gas cap, looked for funny stuff or sounds in idle and it was all ok,,, doh

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dbrowne1

· #2 · Nov 24, 2001

Re: oil temp light ? (dorfy)

Very strange. Are you sure it was temp and not oil pressure? I live in a colder place than you and visit MA quite a bit in the winter, and have never had this happen.

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dorfy

Discussion Starter · #3 · Nov 25, 2001

Re: oil temp light ? (dbrowne1)

hmm, welp, i have a 2000, and it was the top left light on the the panel of lights thingy, but it didnt do it tonite when i started my car, so i guess its the cold ?

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dbrowne1

· #4 · Nov 25, 2001

Re: oil temp light ? (dorfy)

Sounds like you have a bad sensor.

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dorfy

Discussion Starter · #5 · Nov 25, 2001

Re: oil temp light ? (dbrowne1)

bad sensor, can you elaborate a little ? what kind of sensor? not gonna take a year for the dealer to fix it u think, i work almost every day and go to school and i hate wasting time at the dealer becuase they take forever, took a whole day to fix my lights that went short(and i knew the problem, but they wouldnt gimme the partys

) grrrrrr doh grrrrrrrr

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