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Oil Leak & Intermittent Oil Light

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  • 09-07-2013 1:12pm
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    Deeandra
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭


    Hi all,

    I have a 03 Opel Corsa with about 85,000 miles on the clock. Recently when driving for about an hour (mostly motorway), the oil light came on and was flickering. When I restarted the car it went off again but then intermittently came on.

    I pulled into a garage and slowly poured a litre of oil into the car. When I restarted the light was gone and seemed fine, drove for another 20 mins and car was fine (no light). It was idle then for a few hours. When driving again that evening, I noticed the oil light came on any time I braked, stopping at lights etc. Once I accelerated it went off again.

    Now 2 days later, the oil light has not come on since but I am noticing some very small grease stains in my car space.

    Any ideas what could be wrong?

    I'm planning on changing the car in the next month or two so I don't want to get any unnecessary work done - just want to know if it's still OK to drive or should I get it looked at?

    Thanks.
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    #2
    Nemeses
    Registered Users Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    Have you checked the Dip stick to see how much oil is currently in your car?


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    Deeandra
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭Deeandra


    Nemeses wrote: »
    Have you checked the Dip stick to see how much oil is currently in your car?

    Yes, checked the oil level after adding the oil and it's fine, if not a little too high but don't think it was overfilled.

    Checked it again yesterday and the level hasn't changed.

    Thanks.


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