I had the oil pressure light come on this morning, on the way to the shop about a mile away. There was the beeping, which stopped after 4 or 5 beeps, but the light stayed on all the way to the shop. When I parked up, I switched the engine off, and after a few seconds, restarted the engine, but the oil pressure light didn't come on this time. After letting the engine run for maybe 20 seconds, I switched it off, went into the shop, got my stuff, and when I came back out, checked the oil level, and it is ok.
The oil pressure light didn't come on on the return journey, and no beeping either.
I had done a 130 mile journey the previous day/night without any oil pressure warnings.
It's funny, because a week ago, I made the same 130 mile journey without any warnings, but the following day, I had a oil pressure warning, and when that happened, I pulled up quickly, stopped the engine, and checked the oil level (which was ok), and when the engine was restarted, there were no other oil warnings.
When I was checking the oil level today, I had a look at the oil pressure sensor, rubbed my finger under the bottom of it, and although not "wet" oily, it left a damp smudge of oil on my finger. Looking around the sensor, there is some oil dried around that area.
I'm trying hard to remember, but I did change an oil pressure sensor either on this car, or a previous Seat Cordoba, if it was the Leon, sometime since 2014-2015, earlier if the Cordoba.
Could this be the cause of the oil pressure warning, a leak around the sensor, and if yes, why wouldn't I have seen a warning on the 3 hour journey yesterday?
And if I do have a leak here (and have had for a while without getting the warning), am I likely to have had damage done? Is the sensor early or later in the oil circuit?
Engine is a 1.4 BCA with about 122k miles on the clock.
The oil pressure light didn't come on on the return journey, and no beeping either.
I had done a 130 mile journey the previous day/night without any oil pressure warnings.
It's funny, because a week ago, I made the same 130 mile journey without any warnings, but the following day, I had a oil pressure warning, and when that happened, I pulled up quickly, stopped the engine, and checked the oil level (which was ok), and when the engine was restarted, there were no other oil warnings.
When I was checking the oil level today, I had a look at the oil pressure sensor, rubbed my finger under the bottom of it, and although not "wet" oily, it left a damp smudge of oil on my finger. Looking around the sensor, there is some oil dried around that area.
I'm trying hard to remember, but I did change an oil pressure sensor either on this car, or a previous Seat Cordoba, if it was the Leon, sometime since 2014-2015, earlier if the Cordoba.
Could this be the cause of the oil pressure warning, a leak around the sensor, and if yes, why wouldn't I have seen a warning on the 3 hour journey yesterday?
And if I do have a leak here (and have had for a while without getting the warning), am I likely to have had damage done? Is the sensor early or later in the oil circuit?
Engine is a 1.4 BCA with about 122k miles on the clock.