2003 ford Taurus

[bookkeeper447]

Its not that i want the light out. My concern is why its on. Two different occasions i had the car in for the same problem, two times was charged only to have the problem still exsist. Why would the light flicker ??

[tripletdaddy]

Ok, I feel like some of us here need to take a deep breath. Clearly, three trips(if I got the count right) to the dealer to diagnose and straighten out this problem is more than enough. It seems they aren't getting it or taking it seriously. Certainly they should be able to drive it after their "repair" to see for themselves that they haven't fixed the problem, DUH. Does the light only come on at an idle or any other particular condition? If you choose to go back to the same dealer/mechanic, demand that they measure the oil pressure with a guage they stick on it, to be sure you have the proper oil pressure. or If all else is as it should be, I'd go ahead and pay to have a new oil pressure sender unit installed and see what happens, because you obviously aren't getting anywhere the direction you have been going. In fact, they may pull the old unit to stick a guage on it and they could quite easily install the new one then. My guess is the current unit is no longer properly calibrated to measure the pressure and send the proper signal to the oil guage, as it is now, it may be falsely giving a low pressure light. If the new unit doesn't give you the light on, problem fixed. If not, than you need to find someone you can trust to figure this out. Good luck.

[mwt47]

Go in there and tell them that you want them to put a mechanical gauge in the port just like stated above.

Make them tell you what the oil pressure is at idle in park
At idle in gear

and what it is when they reve the motor.

If your lowest reading is 25psi or so I would think you have a bad sender or receiver.

Personally I would call ford and raise hell about the problem and get my money back and then take it to a different dealership

Mike