oil light comin on ?
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oil light comin on ?
hi there i have a 2001 bugeye wrx and whenever the car has been stood for more then 24 hours and i go start it up the oil light comes on as normal then goes off but it doesnt go off completly it stays on but very faintly you can just see it . then after a minute it goes off completly the car is runing fine its not losing oil im baffled as to what it can be . i thought it could be the oil pressure switch ? . any ideas ?
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Fortunately it doesn't sound like an engine prob. If you had a genuine low oil pressure you'd most likely see it at hot idle not on a cold start.
You could try changing the oil pressure switch which won't cost much. If this doesn't cure it then you have an electrical gremlin.
You could try changing the oil pressure switch which won't cost much. If this doesn't cure it then you have an electrical gremlin.
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