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[randomdreams]

I 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.

Comments

[elainegrey]

How incredibly frustrating. My sympathies.

[amaebi]

:(

[ivy]

What is it with tires this month? My car repair sympathies, and best wishes for your future/repaired oil pump. What kind of a car did you get?

[elusis]

Oh dear. Was this a person-to-person transaction or via a dealer?

[rebeccmeister]

Grr! Infernal things.

[basefinder]

I had an Audi burn up on the Autobahn when the oil system failed. We made it down an offramp into a parking lot before the motor seized with a loud "CLUNK."

Hopefully your problem is minor, if that is even possible.

[darkoshi]

My sympathies. I wondered for a moment if there might be a "reset" button you need to push like on my car for the tire pressure warning. But then I remembered finding out it's not really a reset button in that sense, and that the warning should go off on its own when the pressure is corrected, even w/o pressing the button. Though it takes a little while sometimes.
I hope it ends up not being too difficult to fix.

[zyzyly]

Too bad about this car--when you buy something new-to-you, you ought to be able to get some stress-free miles out of it.