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Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:30 am
No, that's the right place. Just wondering if you'd connected it to the body and put some AC current through the oil sensor earth.
Did you have the car not level when you did the welding? If so, this might have lowered the level in the sensor enough to turn the light on, and now it may be stuck.
Level sensor consists of two float switches in a nearly sealed aluminium cylinder, with just two small holes in it, one at the bottom and one at the top.
If, when you do an oil change, you drain the old oil, put the sump plug in and refill, all in a short period of time, then the oil in the sensor doesn't drain properly and eventually becomes full of oil resembling tar. This causes the float to stick.
Cure is to remove it from car (oil level is just below the sensor hole if the oil is fairly well down the dipstick towards min.), and immerse the sensor in petrol. Take it out, let it drain and put it back in several times and it should free up. Don't get too rough with it, like shaking it hard.
Even when working properly, the sensor takes a long time to respond to changes in oil level, and when the light comes on, it stays on untill the ignition has been turned off.
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i had it up on a hydrolic pan lift with the positional arms. it was level, and i was double sure i didnt squash anything