Has anyone ever had this happen to them before? This morning on my way to work I noticed that when my car was idling (at a red light, in traffic, etc.), the oil light was flickering on and off. Now I do have bigger cams and sometimes the idle gets rough and during those "rough patches" that's when the light would be going crazy.

Anyone know the cause of this? I checked my oil level, and that was fine. Is it a bad sensor? Is it the bigger cams? I mean I've had my cams for almost a year now and this is the first time this has happened...Help please!

 

Many times it is corrosion on the sensor connection or the sensor is out of range. Sensor is fairly cheap to replace. If you replace it, be sure to put some di-electric grease on the the connection to prevent it from happening again.

 

Thanks for the help. Where exactly is the sensor located? And is it something simple to replace?

 

 

Same thing happened to my friend...Replaced the sensor and it was fixed...

G/L

 

Same thing happened to me last week.! Talked to jason at synaptic3 and he blessed me with his knowledge

 

It's actually under the intake manifold, back of the block

 

^That's the Knock Sensor.

 

Great, thanks for the help guys.

 

Its on the back of the block. Easy fix I have replaced mine 2x now (115k) seems to last 60k then die out.

 

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...d-problem.html

here is the url from another thread abt this. it also has the part # in there as well.

 

But my car only has 20,XXX miles on it! That's why I'm a little surprised that the sensor is going out already...

 

If the sensor is corroded it really doesnt matter how many miles you have. Oxidation occurs even when the car isnt being driven.

 

My oil light flickered and come to find out is was cause I spun a bearing.