Oil Light Flickering - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

cajunbull61 · 04-08-2007, 09:46 PM

My daughters '95 Corolla's check oil light is flickering??? It starts to come on then goes off then is faint then bright then off etc etc. I changed the oil less than 1000 miles ago and it is still at the full mark. Anybody have this happen to them before

ghost_ryder35 · 04-08-2007, 10:05 PM

check oil that the oil cap is on and secure, also check that the oil filter is secure. when it happened to me my oil pump was on the way out

rezzle · 04-08-2007, 11:02 PM

I have had that happen in about 4 of the 9 Toyota's I have owned (including the Supra I am driving now).

Get a mechanical gauge and double check it, if you are idling around 20psi at idle and bumps to 35 or more at 2krpm all is well.

It seems the stock oil pressure sender loses a bit of accuracy over the years.