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My oil light has come on

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#1 ·
Hi,

When driving today I noticed that the red oil light has come on which has never happened before. The light is quite dim though, if that means anything.

I checked the dipstick (oil level was fine), no gunk under the oil cap, coolant level was also normal.

Car is 2001 Astra 1.8 SXI, last serviced in September, only covered 3 or 4K miles since.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!
 
#2 ·
Most likely the oil pressure switch is on its way out and is giving a false reading. Worth a quick check to ensure oil is still circulating well in the top of the engine just in case though. You can quickly take the oil cap off for a second and check with it running, if you get some oil flinging out, that's a fairly good sign everything is ok.
 
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