Oil Light On/Flickering

[nissanfreak317]

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

Stop driving the car, get an oil pressure gauge and make sure its not a bad oil pump. If you dont see more than 7 psi at idle and if it doesnt go up with the RPM...kiss the pump goodbye. If you dont fix it and you keep driving it, you're rod could potentially make new oil drains for you.

I got a new oil drain right around cylinder #3 from an intermittent oil light one time.

Originally Posted by Dub9.Juice

my level is in the the middle..from time to time it does this but today was the first time it flickered and then stayed on while driving...

Listen to the people above! I'm telling you right now, I had the same flickering oil light and it wasn't joking but I was too young and dumb and figured it was a faulty sensor.