Oil light came on..
Oil light came on..
I know we're a little bit overdue for an oil change, but I didn't know it was low.. not this low.Is the oil light supposed to come on when it's getting low or when it's already too low?The scenerio:I drove to the supermarket tonight and the oil light came on. The car turned off on me, causing steering to be tight, but I was able to pull over.I wasn't very far from home, but walking back in the dark is a pain since it's a busy road with no side to walk on and I had my dog with me.So, I started it back up and drove a bit further. Shut off on me again. This time I was lucky to get on a side street to the side of the road.I didn't have a flashlight on me, so I couldn't remove the oil cap and look inside where you fill it, but I did wait a few minutes, remove the dipstick and check there. It had oil.I waited maybe 10 minutes or so while I looked through the owners manual. I started the car up and took back roads home successfully without the light coming back on.When I got home I found the flashlight and looked inside where you fill it up. I can see metal in there.. that's not good, right? I only had a quart of 5w30 since my Corolla takes 5w20. After putting the quart in, I'm sure it needs more.I'll run out and get more in the morning before my Girlfriend goes to work.If the car sounds fine, chances are we didn't ruin anything? I mean, we drove it a lot on Saturday and I didn't notice anything at all. We drove it maybe not at all on Sunday (I forget), and she took it to work Mon, Tue, and Wed.
Do these cars have a low oil pressure shut off on them? How many miles since last oil change?
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Could Toyota have put in a low oil pressure anti-darwinian shut-off sensor? Hope everything is okay with the engine. Stuff happens Good luck. Next time when one of those lights come on (I forget what they are colloquially called) pull over immediately and shut off the engine, get the manual and verify if it is something that could do serious damage. Start a routine of checking fluids too.I truly hope everything turns out okay.
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What year, engine, and miles? How low was oil? After adding a quart, where was the level? I would not think it would be using or leaking that much oil. There might of been a ring compression problem on a couple different years that cause excessive consumption. Early 09 1.8 liters might of had that problem with the new low friction/compression rings. The 20 weight oil did not help in that regard. Some went to 30 weight. Clogged pcv valves can cause consumption too. More costly things are valve seals. The stalling has me really puzzled unless it was overheating that bad. What was the coolant temperatures doing? I wish there were oil temperature gauges. Was the engine getting really noisy? Hot? Steam? No check engine light? Need to check for codes. Metal shavings, chunks, is bad. There might of been some ecm reflashes to try to correct oil consumption on early 09's too, although I do not understand how that can work.http://townhall-talk.edmunds.c...67260http://www.toyotanation.com/fo...66454http://www.toyotanation.com/fo....htmlThere was a better thread on it, but having trouble finding it.http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id ... 40427Sorry I cannot be of more help.
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Which came first, the engine stall or the oil pressure light? If the engine stalls the oil light comes on because the oil pump stops pumping. May not be an oil issue at all but something else causing it to stall.
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I recall a women posting on here that a oil change shop had used the wrong oil filter and it had come off. Don't remember if the low oil light came on but she proceeded to drive home seizing the engine. This would lead me to believe there is no low oil shut off sensor.Can't find the post so this is all off memory.
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Yeah, what Jimincalif said. I meant to ask that first too, now I feel like a heel. You are correct BrettZ, I doubt there is any kind of low oil pressure shutoff sensor, But there should be! Be right back, got to run down to the patent office......BrettZ, this might be the link you are talking about:http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id ... -----Yup,I noticed you had a recent accident and had repair work donehttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=43786Also you have a check engine light that keeps coming on and you had the dealer reset or clear codes. What is the actual code that keeps coming back? You are also under the PCM/ECM recall. Did you have it flashed or replaced yet? You were also pulling fuses to turn off lights until you had the accident repair. Could any of these things possibly be causing a stall? Is the battery charged up? Battery, connections, Grounds, PCM/ECM harness connections, fuses? Short or ground problem because of the accident or repair?
2010 Vibe 1.8 auto, fwd, base, air, preferred package, cargo mgt, cargo cover, ultra white.
Alright, well it's 7:30am. My Girlfriend just got back home. She didn't get very far. It kept stalling on her.So, here's what I know so far and to answer your questions.2008 Vibe - About 63,000 miles.The Oil Pressure light is what came on. I didn't see any other light. A few seconds after that light comes on the car shuts off.Car is not overheating.My Girlfriend took over 30 minutes to get home when it's only 5 - 7 minutes away where she was. She kept stopping letting the car rest and then driving again.Oil Pressure light came first, then stall.Code that comes on is P2610 or something (I can't remember the exact # off hand), but I have a print out from the dealer. It's related to the PCM/ECM. They are telling me there is no recall on our vehicle. I've been to two dealers. One would not look at it because there is no recall and demanded $120. The other where I had the accident repaired reset the code, but also stated there's no recall.I did pull a fuse off, but I did put it back on. Was just one fuse.
Actually, just spoke to Girlfriend. She said where she drove to usually takes about 15 minutes. Took her over an hour to get home. Sometimes could drive 2 mins, sometimes 10 mins.I'm looking for a tow truck driver now and will get it to the dealer today.Would oil pressure light only apply to engine oil or trans oil too? I read in the manual checking trans oil is trickier and I know with our miles it's probably due for a change.
That P2610 code is basically a BAD ECU code. That should be a Warranty Item. Goodluck!
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