Oil Light

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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

910

Probably just your sensors or scales. Don't have to fix em, just check your oil frequently.

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80

Could it be that my oil is too full? Or just the Oil Pressure Sensor is faulty?

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910

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

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910

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

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80

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

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130

My PT CRUISER 2002 Oil light keep coming on ! After I just got New Oil change . What's wrong it want go off

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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.

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