OIL PRESSURE PROBLEMS CONTINUE

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Author Message   Narinder Pal (Narinder) New Member Username: Narinder Post Number: 34 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 12:34 pm:    My oil pressure problems continue... when I purchased the 1997 D1 this winter I noticed that it took over a minute for the oil pressure light to go out... and somtimes when I was driving it would come on under acceleration but go out when I stepped off the gas. I went to this forum and got some great advise. So I dropped the pan, cleanned the oil pickup tube screen, went to 5w30 oil and replace the filter with a Land Rover OEM. Well after all that the oil light seemed to go out after about 8 seconds... I was happy with that. I drove the disco around the city for a couple of weeks with no problems.. so I figured the problem was solved...no ofcourse not, it's a Disco afterall! I couple of days ago I took the disco on the highway and the oil light started to come on again under acceleration and go off on de-acceleration. I don't seem to get any serious lifer noise when this happens and the truck doesn't seem to run any hotter.•••••••• IDEAS????? Here are the symptoms, 1. Problem is intermittent; 2. Oil light takes 8-20 seconds to go out on startup; 3. Lifter noise on startup but disappates once warms up; 4. oil light comes on during acceleration goes out during de-acceleration; 5. doesn't seem to be linked to oil temp (sometime light will come on when engine is cold); 6. car runs fine otherwise..doesn't sputter, idles fine etc.... Thanks in advance!   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1685 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 01:02 pm:    Have you put an oil pressure gauge on it to confirm the pressure is truly low? What about a new switch?   Narinder Pal (Narinder) New Member Username: Narinder Post Number: 35 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 01:40 pm:    I finally got it to a shop that had the proper sizes oil pressure gauge and the oil pressure was in spec... but ofcourse the light wasn't coming on then. I haven't change the switch but a new one will be installed this weekend.   Narinder Pal (Narinder) New Member Username: Narinder Post Number: 36 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 05:56 pm:    Also, I know that the oil pressure is registering pressure (i.e. it's not a loose wire) but I'm hoping now that it's not registering the correct pressure...