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924er · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:04 am Post subject: Sharp turns

not that i make sharp turns everyday but when im turn going really fast, just normal, my red oil light indicator comes on for about 5 seconds. is that something to worry about??
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doomer77 · Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 266 Location: Huskvarna, Sweden

its totally normal, proberly a worn oil pump not being able to keep up. you dont need to worry about the oil light until it stays lit constantly
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Meneer aard · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Posts: 73 Location: Netherlands

Check also your oil level just in case

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924er · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject:

yea my oil level is fine so i guess its fine, oh well just making sure. because the last time i saw a light go up like that is when my sister's engine blew

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WhoDak · Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 492 Location: Akron, OH

When you take sharp turns all the oil rushes against one side of the engine so it isn't being recirculated from the bottom at full capacity...you lose pressure slightly, the light comes on. Car levels out, oil is being drawn from a mostly level body of oil, pressure normal, light off.

Kind of the same thing with your gas tank, ever take a hard right hand turn with less than 1/3rd of a tank and see the needle run into the left side of the gauge and the light come on?
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N-Dub · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 12:50 pm Post subject:

When the light comes on in the turns I tell people that it is my g meter and I am pulling my max skidpad abilities.
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Lizard · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject:

the light should not actually come on during any hard cornering, if it does something is wrong, if you are accelerating through a hard turn and loose oil pressure that is what will cause a rod bearing to spin, there goes the rod, and the crank will have to at the very least need to be machined
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924RACR · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:09 pm Post subject:

That shouldn't happen on the street, IMO.

What does your oil pressure gauge say at the time? If it's also reading low (1 bar or less), I'd be concerned about actually having an oil pressure problem.

But if it's not (the oil light should come on only when pressure is below 1 bar), I'd suspect a wiring problem - could easily be an exposed sender wire grounding out. Check your wiring.
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John Brown · Joined: 07 Nov 2002 Posts: 903 Location: Leesburg VA

N-Dub · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:41 pm Post subject:

The oil bar doesn't really change. It is just a jerk of the wheel and the oil sloshes to one side then levels out. Having experienced I don't think you should worry about it too much.
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924er · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:39 pm Post subject:

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924er · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject:

flosho · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:43 pm Post subject:

Tigger937 · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: Sharp turns

924er · Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 11:05 am Post subject:

yea well i experienced this after i got an oil change so thats prolly why
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