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Hi,

Has anyone had this situation before? Essentially my oil light flickers (not all the time) once its warmed up and on idle tick over. I recently changed the oil to Castrol magnetec 10w-40w. It never did this prior to the oil change. I have read in the owners manual that this is normal and that it can flicker. When I blip the throttle etc it goes off and also when you are driving. Oil pressure is just over 4 when cold and just under 4 once warm. Car runs fine and ticks over etc all ok.

Any ideas anyone or is this normal? Should I have used different oil?

Thanks

James
 
I'm no expert, but that doesn't sound as if you have a problem, assuming that you've changed the oil (filled to the correct level) and filter (new and correct type) properly.
What grade oil was in the car? I would have thought that Magnatec was about right for these engines as the newer synthetic stuff is supposed to induce leaks as it's thinner (stand to be corrected there!).
Is the tick over speed correct? Too slow might cause the light to flicker.

Good luck.
 
If the warning light comes on and your gauge still shows good oil pressure it hopefully is just the switch or the wiring. I suppose it's possible it may be the pressure sender or the gauge at fault.
Changing the switch is a cheap way to move forward.
 
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