[Shaolin Crane]

I responded to his thread so he'd see it. I'll text him when I get to the shop.

[Leedom]

New problem for the Santa Fe. The oil light has been coming on so I checked the oil and the car was low after about 2,200 mile since the last change so I had her take it for a oil change to see if that was the problem. I need to pull the plastic shield under the motor and see if there is a leak or if the motor is just consuming the stuff. I actually drove her car today and the oil light faintly flickers on and off when stopped basically. I rev the motor a bit or just accelerate and the light completely goes off. I am guessing oil pump is on its way out? You guys agree? not looking forward to changing it if it is since getting the pan off was a pain when we did all the motor work before.

[kdracer73]

I'd change the sending unit first....

And how low is "low"? It would have to have less than 1 qt in the pan before the level would be low enough to cause the light to come on...and spinning it faster would not help.

[Leedom]

I did not do the oil change so I am not sure how much came out but there was not much on the dipstick. here car has a 4.5 qt capacity so if I had to guess I would say it was probably anywhere from .5 to .75 qt low. I just changed my trucks oil and pulled 4 qts out and it holds 6 so 2 qts down and my light did not come on. Thanks for the advice Paul. How hard is that to change btw?

[Damian]

It's super simple. Look on the filter housing, there is a small sensor with a one wire plug on it. It's probably a $10 part.

[Leedom]

Originally Posted by Damian

It's super simple. Look on the filter housing, there is a small sensor with a one wire plug on it. It's probably a $10 part.

Got it and yes the part is less than $10.

[C5Natie]

If there is a low pressure scenario causing the light or if the pump is on the way out, I'd still wonder where did the oil go? I would be a bit concerned. Does it smoke on startup? Plugs ok?

[Leedom]

I have not really looked to hard into this yet. I am going to pull off the lower shield on the motor this weekend and see if there is a leak. Replace the sending unit while I am at it and go from there. The motor has over a 100k now and we did have to replace a piston when the head gasket was done so I am thinking that either we are burning oil or maybe the pan is leaking. It does not smoke that I have noticed. I have to do more investigating.

[Damian]

Trade that bitch in now!!

[Leedom]

Originally Posted by Damian

Trade that bitch in now!!

I am leaning towards that. The truck has high enough miles on it... I need to reduce the number of vehicles that are going to require some steady maintenance.