Temporary state of TOTAL panic
I was driving to work yesterday morning, on the Wm. Floyd Pkwy., cruise set at 60, not a care in the world. All of a sudden, the RED engine light comes on, fully bright! No flickering, or fading. I immediately shut the engine down, and pull over. I pop the hood. No leaks of any kind. The cars not overheating, or making ANY noise whatsoever. Against my better judgement, I restart the car, and let it idle. Light is still on, but nothing unusual otherwise. I get to work just fine. At lunch, I check all the fluids, and everything is O.K. I start the car, let it idle, and within 5 minutes, the light is on again. While it's still running, I pull the temp sender wire, light is still on. O.K., I then pull the oil sender wire, and the light goes off. I shut her down, get back under there with a flashlight, and see the sender is COMPLETELY soaked in oil. O.K. I take a DEEP breath, and grab a can of brake cleaner from my workbench. I clean up the sender, and restart the car. As she's idling, I start to see oil seeping out from where the plastic center meet the metal outer shell. I call our parts supplier, and 8 dollars, and 10 minutes of labor later, the light is OFF. SOMETIMES, once in a VERY blue moon, the GODS are smiling down upon us. I've had cars in the past, that had weak oil pressure, but I have NEVER had this happen. Anybody else ever experience this?
MIKE
MIKE
still have it lying around somewhere.
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