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[Bluevitz-rs]

All the oil light tells you is you have less than 10psi of oil pressure, which could very well be from air pockets.

Edit: So just to clarify, it's not an oil level indication, it's a pressure indication.

[Focus_Sh1ft]

I'm about ready to rip my hair out...

Changed oil, tightened coolant t clamps, started car, let it idle. Revved it to 2500 whereby I was greeted by a metallic scraping noise. I don't know if it's internal engine or not, but this likely just took a turn for the worst...

Hopefully it's just something vibrating, but I'm afraid to try driving it now.

[Parmas]

Originally Posted by Bluevitz-rs

All the oil light tells you is you have less than 10psi of oil pressure, which could very well be from air pockets.

Edit: So just to clarify, it's not an oil level indication, it's a pressure indication.

Agreed the light indicates pressure and not level. Keeping good pressure is a must and very dangerous driving with it on especially for turbo.

[Nexus1155]

Is the low oil pressure light still coming on? You could have sucked some sealant through your oil pump if you didn't wait for the sealant to dry properly causing it to clog a bit.

Also, if you dont have oil pressure going to the turbo, say goodbye to that turbo. I just did it last week, the turbo was defective though, or both of them would have blown.

[Focus_Sh1ft]

The metallic sound turned out to be the exhaust, still haven't found where but I know it is now. Why it suddenly decided to start making noise...

I haven't taken the car out yet today, as I've found my coolant leak finally and am patching it with JB Weld. Yes, I know the stuff sucks, but it did work fine the first time for this use, and my other coolant line is sealed the same way with no problems. This will be temporary, as I think I need to order the correct size adapters.

As for oil pressure, let me clarify a bit further. At all times, my mechanical gauge reads perfectly accurate psi ratings and is connected to the oil filter through a sandwich adapter. When I was driving yesterday, the light came on after a about a minute of driving. It blinked for awhile, and stopped. Then came back and stayed on. I believe it either turned off or blinked a couple more times before pulling into my driveway. By the time I had put the car in park, it was gone. This happened TWICE, and followed nearly the same pattern. At the time, I had about an additional inch of oil (as per the dipstick) from the top dot.

Originally Posted by Nexus1155

Is the low oil pressure light still coming on? You could have sucked some sealant through your oil pump if you didn't wait for the sealant to dry properly causing it to clog a bit.

I ended up using teflon paste for most of the threads, so this is definitely possible. I'm pretty sure either way that whatever is happening with the oil light isn't a big deal. I figure because I have adequate oil levels and no funky pressure readings that it's most likely okay... Still would like to know for sure though.