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Dec. 26th, 2018 09:29 pmI bought a new-to-me car about three weeks ago.
Three days in, I saw a huge screw sticking out of the tire. I removed the tire, stuck it in the back of my old car, drove to work, dropped off the tire. Came home to find the spare very underinflated, so at least I have that dealt with.
Today I got in the new-to-me car and started driving and the oil pressure light came on. Eeek! So I pulled into an automotive shop, checked the oil, yep, not enough to touch the dipstick, poured in a gallon of oil before it filled, got back in the car, and the oil light is STILL ON.
Which means something dire: if the sensor is working well enough to notice correctly that there's not enough oil, then when it says there's no pressure when I know for sure that there's oil, it's probably right. That implies the oil pump has failed (and I can't drive it at all) or other less likely problems involving the oil pressure sensor being plugged. (And that's also terrible.)
So I'm driving my old car some more.
Three days in, I saw a huge screw sticking out of the tire. I removed the tire, stuck it in the back of my old car, drove to work, dropped off the tire. Came home to find the spare very underinflated, so at least I have that dealt with.
Today I got in the new-to-me car and started driving and the oil pressure light came on. Eeek! So I pulled into an automotive shop, checked the oil, yep, not enough to touch the dipstick, poured in a gallon of oil before it filled, got back in the car, and the oil light is STILL ON.
Which means something dire: if the sensor is working well enough to notice correctly that there's not enough oil, then when it says there's no pressure when I know for sure that there's oil, it's probably right. That implies the oil pump has failed (and I can't drive it at all) or other less likely problems involving the oil pressure sensor being plugged. (And that's also terrible.)
So I'm driving my old car some more.
