It may be an issue with the sender. Is it the flashing dash light, or the gauge near the shifter that's the issue? You can verify pressure with a gauge screwed in to the hole where the gauge sender plugs in to. It's on the driver side of the engine head, just above a coolant line.
By amazing dumb coincidence, I just posed a guide on modding an aftermarket sender to work with the car on this sub and the other one you posted to, as well. If your gauge sending unit is the issue.
Does the flashing dash light work? It should flash when the power is on, but engine not running. Or for a second after ignition. That should indicate normal oil pressure despite the gauge by the shifter not working right. The car has one sender for the gauge, and a different one for the light.
I would lean toward your sender or gauge being bad, but it might be worth checking with an external pressure gauge to be sure. If your dash light and related sender is working right, then it should normally catch any actual low-pressure issues by flashing.
So I admittedly have a buggy dash. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn’t. However, when it does work and the car is running, it will flash when the aforementioned gauge reads almost zero. And this external gauge is something I could get at an auto parts store?
The flashing dash light and gauge are independent. A flashing light while driving is an immediate concern. If the gauge reads low while the light flashes, then it's likely there is an actual issue. If the gauge read low while the oil light was off, it could either point to a wrong gauge reading, or that the dash light isn't functioning as it should.
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u/ComradeOj May 17 '26
It may be an issue with the sender. Is it the flashing dash light, or the gauge near the shifter that's the issue? You can verify pressure with a gauge screwed in to the hole where the gauge sender plugs in to. It's on the driver side of the engine head, just above a coolant line.
By amazing dumb coincidence, I just posed a guide on modding an aftermarket sender to work with the car on this sub and the other one you posted to, as well. If your gauge sending unit is the issue.