Oil light flashing!

[one_eight_two]

got my oil light flashing! seems to do it randomly wen i park wierd but on flat surface its fine! thats ok ima replace all oil and filter now tomoro..... what oil shood i use, im not looking at the cheapest nor the most expensive just decent enough will do me and i wanna change the filter.....

so what oil shood i get and how much will it cost and where will i buy the filter and how much do they cost??? thanks Craig

 

[Alan]

Yeah thats because the oil will run to the side of the sump thats nearest to the ground if the car is parked on a kerb/pavement etc, so the oil level sensor thinks theres no oil left in the sump.

You want some elf excellium or some silkolene 5w40 fully synthetic.

Cheers, Alan.

 

[cli0 172]

^listen to him .... it's Sandy from The Garage

 

[one_eight_two]

thanks allan,,, how much is that? and how much for a filter? can i get both stuff anywhere?

 

[rory182]

^ what Alan said

 

[DrR]

I take it you've checked to make sure the engines not empty?

 

[one_eight_two]

yeh its fine im just gonna empty and replace tho!!! its not flashing no more just think its time to replace! so how much this pil gonna cost and can i pick up from halfords etc?

 

[Alan]

Silkolene 5w40 from here matey: http://www.opieoils.co.uk/

 

[edde]

yeh its fine im just gonna empty and replace tho!!! its not flashing no more just think its time to replace! so how much this pil gonna cost and can i pick up from halfords etc?

5 liters will be fine.

 

[Faxo]

I rang Renault the other day to see what to put in my 172, they told me they put 10w40 in everything, and thats what we use at Ford so i put that in! Shouldnt i have done? It was free, but i also had some 5w40 but they said that was too thin!

 

[edde]

I rang Renault the other day to see what to put in my 172, they told me they put 10w40 in everything, and thats what we use at Ford so i put that in! Shouldnt i have done? It was free, but i also had some 5w40 but they said that was too thin!

5-40 or 10-40 fine in the 172 5-40 protects down to minus 25 rarther than -20 that the 10-40 does and it also portects more when cold but the difference isn't noticibale its 10 years down the line you'd see the difference maybe.

 

[Munson]

Any half decent modern oil will do unless you plan to keep it 20 years?

It's a mildly powerful NA 2.0, not a fookin' F1 car