Oil Light
Asked by Donald7769 Jun 01, 2018 at 09:30 AM about the 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser Wagon FWD
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
My oil light keeps coming on when I am
driving. I'm at the Stop light or am idling at
it. The car has 169,876 miles on it. The oil
level is full. What's the possible issues that
may be there?
9 Answers
Probably just your sensors or scales. Don't have to fix em, just check your oil frequently.
Donald7769 answered 6 years ago
Could it be that my oil is too full? Or just the Oil Pressure Sensor is faulty?
I don't know the healthy amount for a PT Cruiser but I'd go to a professional and have them mark the perfect amount (for free hopefully) and look off of that
Just make sure mechanics don't try to scam you because my sister went through something like this and $600 later o looked at it myself and all the lights were manually turned on. Watch out for shit like that
Donald7769 answered 6 years ago
Thank You very much for your help and I will be sure to get it in for the Oil Pressure Sensor Check and levels check
Mine did that last year
My PT CRUISER 2002 Oil light keep coming on ! After I just got New Oil change . What's wrong it want go off
Guru9C4N25 answered 3 years ago
The PT Cruiser and other Chrysler’s that use a similar oil pressure sensor made the connector to the oil pressure sensor with a design flaw. Which is this: the connector has only one wire going to it but it has two wire slots; the second slot is plugged wth a small plastic dart/pin because it is not being used. What this does is allows the connector to build up air pressure which causes it to give a false reading so PULL THAT PIN OUT WITH YOUR HANDS OR NEEDLE-NOSE PLIERS... it comes out easy. That will probably fix the issue, if it is what you described. I got this from a Chrysler tech on YouTube. The major obstacle would be just getting to the connector, depends which car you drive. The problem is the connector gives a false reading that trips the oil pressure light to come on, usually only at idle, because air pressure builds up in the connector due to that plastic dart/pin that covers the unused wire slot. On an unrelated note, the oil pressure sensor itself over time can leak a bit too so if it is, than a good tip would be to remove the actual sensor itself and clean up the threads and put a little Teflon tape on the threads and screw it back in, tight enough so it doesn’t leak.