oil light flickering on

my oil light comes on when its warmed up i let it tickover the revs drop under 1000 and the light comes on ive replaced the oil and oil filter and its made no differance, its fine when driving or i keep the revs up and somtimes cuts out when ticking over theres no engine management light coming on,
has anybody got a clue whats wrong with it??

Its either got low oil pressure or a faulty oil pressure switch.

zuki andy wrote: Its either got low oil pressure or a faulty oil pressure switch.

What he said, either the pressure switch is on it's way out or it's connections could do with a clean or the oil pump has had it.

Either way you wanna get it sorted cos if it's the pump had it you might starve your engine of oil and then it could turn out to be new engine time!

Start by cleaning the contacts on the switch as it's quick, easy ant free. If no different try a new pressure switch, if still not solved fit a new pump, but don't mess around doing too much driving in the meantime till it's fixed!

Kirkynut

wheres the oil switch and ill have a look?? and also the crank seal behind the pullys is leaking a little bit would that do it?
im not to bothered over killing the engine as its getting a diesel when that happens but in the mean time i still want to use it till then

Check or get the oil pressure checked first and then go from there, I'd use it as little as possible until then as you could cause engine damage or even engine failure if you actually do have low lube pressure.

Steve.

miksyellowsj wrote: wheres the oil switch and ill have a look?? and also the crank seal behind the pullys is leaking a little bit would that do it?
im not to bothered over killing the engine as its getting a diesel when that happens but in the mean time i still want to use it till then

I've no idea without looking at the car or a manual, probably low on the block with a single wire going to it on a spade connector.

The oil level is correctisn't it if it's leaking out the crank seal???

Kirkynut