So I started up the accord this afternoon, drove it for maybe 7 minutes and the oil pressure light started to blink. The car never reached midpoint on the coolant temp gauge(I'm in texas). So I didn't drive it further than maybe a few miles. I was about to turn to get out of neighborhood and I saw the oil light blinking. Immediately stopped, hazards, turned engine off, popped hood and checked the oil(5w-30 full syn). Full of oil.
I'm hoping this is just a bad sender unit as the car is really old.
I decided to take my chances and turn the engine back on, the oil light didn't come back on. No knocking, tapping, or anything out of the ordinary, just a healthy sounding engine. I decided to limp it back home at about 1k rpm. So about 7 minutes home as well. I almost contemplated pushing it but decided not to as the engine sounded healthy enough to make it back.
Any ideas on what actions to take here? I definitely don't want a blown engine, but if it's time to pull it and go for a rebuild, so be it.
I'm hoping this is just a bad sender unit as the car is really old.
I decided to take my chances and turn the engine back on, the oil light didn't come back on. No knocking, tapping, or anything out of the ordinary, just a healthy sounding engine. I decided to limp it back home at about 1k rpm. So about 7 minutes home as well. I almost contemplated pushing it but decided not to as the engine sounded healthy enough to make it back.
Any ideas on what actions to take here? I definitely don't want a blown engine, but if it's time to pull it and go for a rebuild, so be it.