What does it mean when your oil light blinks on and off?

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asked Aug 11, 2019 in Other-Cars/Transportation by Madackui90s (300 points)
What does it mean when your oil light blinks on and off?

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answered Aug 11, 2019 by Shelde (49,390 points)
When an oil light in your vehicle blinks on and off it's usually caused by either a bad oil pressure sensor or your oil pressure is low.

It could also be simply that your oil level is low and you need to add some more oil to bring the oil level up to the proper level.

Then if it's just low oil level the oil light should stop blinking on and off and should go off.

If the oil light is still on or still blinking on and off it could mean something serious internal is going wrong with your engine or your engine oil pump could be failing.

I would get the engine checked out to be sure it's nothing serious because if your oil pump goes out and your engine doesn't get oil then the engine will eventually seize up.

Engine oil and engine oil pressure is the life blood of the engine and the oil pump is basically the heart of the engine that pumps that oil throughout the engine.

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