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Tech / Misc Tech topics that don't seem to go elsewhere. Sponsored by: Community Links Pictures & Albums Members List Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Tag Search Advanced Search Find All Liked Posts Go to Page... Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns Reply Subscribe Thread Tools Search this Thread Apr 27, 2011 | 07:54 PM Share Share Options #1 ninjaturtleEG Thread Starter Honda-Tech Member Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 512 Likes: 7 From: Vancouver BC Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns Hey so when I step on the brakes harder than usual, my oil light comes on for a sec then goes off. Same thing happens when I do a really sharp turn. Sometimes when I brake really hard the light comes on and starts flashing and doesn't go until I turn the car off and then turn the car on again. I think it may have to be that I now park the car on the street which is a hill so the oil reading unit is reading the oil level unevenly? No other noticeable issues when driving the car. Reply 0 0 ninjaturtleEG View Public Profile Send a private message to ninjaturtleEG Find More Posts by ninjaturtleEG View iTrader Profile Apr 27, 2011 | 07:59 PM Share Share Options #2 grunny Honda-Tech Member Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 36 Likes: 0 Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns Check the oil level on level ground add if needed, start there. If that doesnt fix it and it does it only when the engine is warm i would start with the oil pressure switch. Reply 0 0 grunny View Public Profile Send a private message to grunny Find More Posts by grunny View iTrader Profile Apr 27, 2011 | 08:05 PM Share Share Options #3 ninjaturtleEG Thread Starter Honda-Tech Member Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 512 Likes: 7 From: Vancouver BC Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns Quote: Originally Posted by grunny Check the oil level on level ground add if needed, start there. If that doesnt fix it and it does it only when the engine is warm i would start with the oil pressure switch. Ok thanks. Also I haven't done oil change for awhile I know its been over 5k miles since last oil change. Do you think that could be a reason? And also I read somewhere that that light doesn't come on unless the oil level is dangerously low. Is that true? Reply 0 0 ninjaturtleEG View Public Profile Send a private message to ninjaturtleEG Find More Posts by ninjaturtleEG View iTrader Profile Apr 27, 2011 | 09:12 PM Share Share Options #4 trevek10 Honda-Tech Member Joined: May 2007 Posts: 575 Likes: 0 From: CALABASAS, CA, USA Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns if your turning or under heavy braking and yr oil light comes on this means that the oil is low... i dont know how hard yr turning but this starvation usually happens on road course where you are going be braking hard and driving hard... you need to change yr oil Reply 0 0 trevek10 View Public Profile Send a private message to trevek10 Find More Posts by trevek10 View iTrader Profile Apr 27, 2011 | 09:25 PM Share Share Options #5 ninjaturtleEG Thread Starter Honda-Tech Member Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 512 Likes: 7 From: Vancouver BC Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns Quote: Originally Posted by trevek10 if your turning or under heavy braking and yr oil light comes on this means that the oil is low... i dont know how hard yr turning but this starvation usually happens on road course where you are going be braking hard and driving hard... you need to change yr oil Ya I need to change my oil. I've just been driving normally like I have in the past. These symptoms just started happening in the last few weeks so I don't think it has to do with my driving. But I do have to make some pretty hard U turns on my daily commute now lol. Reply 0 0 ninjaturtleEG View Public Profile Send a private message to ninjaturtleEG Find More Posts by ninjaturtleEG View iTrader Profile Apr 28, 2011 | 07:39 AM Share Share Options #6 frankenghia Honda-Tech Member Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 359 Likes: 0 Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns check oil level Reply 0 0 frankenghia View Public Profile Send a private message to frankenghia Find More Posts by frankenghia View iTrader Profile Apr 28, 2011 | 09:19 AM Share Share Options #7 trevek10 Honda-Tech Member Joined: May 2007 Posts: 575 Likes: 0 From: CALABASAS, CA, USA Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns ya if yr getting this under normal driving conditions ,, im going to bet you need oil and yr prob burning a lil oil to boot Reply 0 0

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trevek10 View Public Profile Send a private message to trevek10 Find More Posts by trevek10 View iTrader Profile Apr 28, 2011 | 10:18 AM Share Share Options #8 B.Macculum Trial User Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 3 Likes: 0 Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns How often oil should be changed ? Just want to know. Reply 0 0 B.Macculum View Public Profile Find More Posts by B.Macculum View iTrader Profile Apr 28, 2011 | 03:38 PM Share Share Options #9 ninjaturtleEG Thread Starter Honda-Tech Member Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 512 Likes: 7 From: Vancouver BC Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns Quote: Originally Posted by B.Macculum How often oil should be changed ? Just want to know. every 3k -5k miles. I havent changed my oil in over 6 months with probably a little over 10k miles lol. Reply 0 0 ninjaturtleEG View Public Profile Send a private message to ninjaturtleEG Find More Posts by ninjaturtleEG View iTrader Profile Apr 28, 2011 | 04:31 PM Share Share Options #10 Slacker93eg Honda-Tech Member Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 804 Likes: 1 From: Chicago Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns If you drive a lot of city, stop and go, short trips, car on then off within the hour, these are severe service intervals. Change it every 2500-3000 miles. I work at a lube shop, I've seen countless problems from people changing it every 5000 miles. And with vtec this can cause a big problem if sludge gets into one of the channels that lubes your cam/cams, you're going to end up replacing a lot of very expensive parts. Change the oil and use a high mileage oil for a few oil changes (higher detergent percentage), you should see a noticeable difference. Reply 0 0 Slacker93eg View Public Profile Send a private message to Slacker93eg Find More Posts by Slacker93eg View iTrader Profile Apr 28, 2011 | 04:39 PM Share Share Options #11 darrinbrewer Honda-Tech Member iTrader: (1) Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,731 Likes: 0 From: northeast, tn, usa Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns and pretty much all vtec motors are known for using a little oil, probably from the higher revs..anyway... my wifes 2000 accord uses exactly .5qt every 3k miles... i've had cars that use 1 qt a month...it just varies car to car.. check oil level first, if you still have issues, swap out the oil pressure sending unit, if it still does it, you may have some more issues to look into the oil light is pressure based NOT oil level in the pan based...if that light came on, you have VERY low oil pressure... Reply 0 0 darrinbrewer View Public Profile Send a private message to darrinbrewer Visit darrinbrewer's homepage! Find More Posts by darrinbrewer View iTrader Profile Apr 28, 2011 | 04:43 PM Share Share Options #12 ninjaturtleEG Thread Starter Honda-Tech Member Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 512 Likes: 7 From: Vancouver BC Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns Quote: Originally Posted by Slacker93eg If you drive a lot of city, stop and go, short trips, car on then off within the hour, these are severe service intervals. Change it every 2500-3000 miles. I work at a lube shop, I've seen countless problems from people changing it every 5000 miles. And with vtec this can cause a big problem if sludge gets into one of the channels that lubes your cam/cams, you're going to end up replacing a lot of very expensive parts. Change the oil and use a high mileage oil for a few oil changes (higher detergent percentage), you should see a noticeable difference. ok good to know thanks. I moved into the city recently so I def do a lot of stop and go. Reply 0 0 ninjaturtleEG View Public Profile Send a private message to ninjaturtleEG Find More Posts by ninjaturtleEG View iTrader Profile Apr 28, 2011 | 04:45 PM Share Share Options #13 ninjaturtleEG Thread Starter Honda-Tech Member Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 512 Likes: 7 From: Vancouver BC Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns Quote: Originally Posted by darrinbrewer and pretty much all vtec motors are known for using a little oil, probably from the higher revs..anyway... my wifes 2000 accord uses exactly .5qt every 3k miles... i've had cars that use 1 qt a month...it just varies car to car.. check oil level first, if you still have issues, swap out the oil pressure sending unit, if it still does it, you may have some more issues to look into the oil light is pressure based NOT oil level in the pan based...if that light came on, you have VERY low oil pressure... I dont like hearing that lol. Reply 0 0 ninjaturtleEG View Public Profile Send a private message to ninjaturtleEG Find More Posts by ninjaturtleEG View iTrader Profile Apr 28, 2011 | 05:03 PM Share Share Options #14 frankenghia Honda-Tech Member Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 359 Likes: 0 Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns True it doesn't come on because its low in the pan however if it is low in the pan and he brakes or turns hard then the oil sloshes away from the pump and then theres no pressure triggering the light......................... Reply 0 0 frankenghia View Public Profile Send a private message to frankenghia Find More Posts by frankenghia View iTrader Profile Apr 28, 2011 | 06:51 PM Share Share Options #15 deltahuj Honda-Tech Member Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 25 Likes: 0 Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns Put some damn oil in it, u will kill the engine. That what happened to my eclipse, oil light was blinking when taking off ramps and like week after it just died on a freeway, engine rebuild Reply 0 0 deltahuj View Public Profile Send a private message to deltahuj Find More Posts by deltahuj View iTrader Profile Oct 24, 2016 | 04:35 AM Share Share Options #16 WDarnell16 Trial User Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 1 Likes: 0 Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns I have an 08 accord sedan that is doing the same thing... Just changed the oil because I thought that was the problem. Oil is not low. I use honda filters and change the washer every time like suggested I use Castrol GTX oil high milage. The car has 133k miles on it. What should I do next? Reply 0 0 WDarnell16 View Public Profile Find More Posts by WDarnell16 View iTrader Profile Oct 24, 2016 | 07:20 PM Share Share Options #17 TyGuy88 Honda-Tech Member Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 85 Likes: 0 Re: Oil light comes on when hard braking and sharp turns The 08 Accords have a known issue with piston rings. Be sure to monitor your oil level. If you are consuming oil the rings will likely need replaced. The process is different between the 4 and 6 cyl engines but both have a warranty extension for the problem. We see the complaint of the oil light coming on when turning and braking somewhat regularly. Reply 0 0 TyGuy88 View Public Profile Send a private message to TyGuy88 Find More Posts by TyGuy88 View iTrader Profile Reply Subscribe Related Topics Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Oil light issues Raleigh21native Introduce Yourself 0 Apr 27, 2018 03:03 PM Simple oil light question Preludes'R'Us Honda Prelude 9 Apr 6, 2008 07:19 PM What Triggers Oil Check Light? 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