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A lack of oil is the shortest route to failure for any combustion engine. Lack of lubrication immediately leads to wear of the cylinders, pistons and shaft cams, and then to a complete overhaul. Expensive, I must say, fun. And so that drivers do not cause these troubles, there is a special indicator on the dashboard: “oiler”. It is red in color and you cannot move under your own power with red lights.
In three out of four cases, the indicator goes off when you add oil to the desired level. Lubricant can burn out as a result of improper selection, as a result of normal engine wear and hardened valve stem seals, or, more commonly, simply come out from under aging rubber seals. By the way, it is also not a sin to check the crankcase – it rots, deforms from “direct interference” and begins to leak.
But sometimes it happens that the light is activated only during warming up and then goes off. We check – the level is normal. And where to run, who to look for?
The answer is strangely simple and lies on the surface: it is a symptom of a clogged oil filter. Changed recently? Hello, non-genuine parts from the “cheaper for me” section. The pressure in the system is monstrous, the filter element resembles pressed toilet paper or old newspapers and therefore immediately becomes clogged, torn and deformed. Sometimes even the “glass” of the filter itself bends, so sometimes you can see the problem just by looking into the engine compartment.
Over the years, a huge amount of dirt accumulates in the engine, no matter how often the oil is changed. The unit is cleaned with special compounds, the crankcase is removed and washed, but the impurities inside remain. And they all fly directly into the filter and in large quantities. You can completely wash the engine from age-old deposits only by disassembling it “down to the propeller”. But you should always start small.
Replacement, new oil and diagnosis via the “poke method”: operate the car in the usual way and check the dashboard more often than usual. If the changes happened, they got off easily and earned a reward for quick wit. No – hello shot. Maybe the dirt really has accumulated too much. The oil pump may have failed, causing the gears to wear out over several hundred thousand miles.
The ‘top up oil’ icon on the dashboard means only one thing: you are no longer allowed to drive. Not at all. If it lights up and does not go out, then you need to take immediate action – there is nowhere to delay it.
By the way, when you buy a used car, when you start the engine, you should pay attention to it in the first place – to the “oiler”: it should light up when the key is turned and go out after the engine “wakes up” . Didn’t it burn? It looks like the bulb has burned out or was removed earlier. Yes, yes: due to the fact that it kept popping up, signaling a malfunction.
A lack of oil is the shortest route to failure for any combustion engine. Lack of lubrication immediately leads to wear of the cylinders, pistons and shaft cams, and then to a complete overhaul. Expensive, I must say, fun. And so that drivers do not cause these troubles, there is a special indicator on the dashboard: “oiler”. It is red in color and you cannot move under your own power with red lights.
In three out of four cases, the indicator goes off when you add oil to the desired level. Lubricant can burn out as a result of improper selection, as a result of normal engine wear and hardened valve stem seals, or, more commonly, simply come out from under aging rubber seals. By the way, it is also not a sin to check the crankcase – it rots, deforms from “direct interference” and begins to leak.
But sometimes it happens that the light is activated only during warming up and then goes off. We check – the level is normal. And where to run, who to look for?
The answer is strangely simple and lies on the surface: it is a symptom of a clogged oil filter. Changed recently? Hello, non-genuine parts from the “cheaper for me” section. The pressure in the system is monstrous, the filter element resembles pressed toilet paper or old newspapers and therefore immediately becomes clogged, torn and deformed. Sometimes even the “glass” of the filter itself bends, so sometimes you can see the problem just by looking into the engine compartment.
Over the years, a huge amount of dirt accumulates in the engine, no matter how often the oil is changed. The unit is cleaned with special compounds, the crankcase is removed and washed, but the impurities inside remain. And they all fly directly into the filter and in large quantities. You can completely wash the engine from age-old deposits only by disassembling it “down to the propeller”. But you should always start small.
Replacement, new oil and diagnosis via the “poke method”: operate the car in the usual way and check the dashboard more often than usual. If the changes happened, they got off easy and earned a reward for quick wit. No – hello shot. Maybe the dirt really has accumulated too much. The oil pump may have failed, causing the gears to wear out over several hundred thousand miles.
The ‘top up oil’ icon on the dashboard means only one thing: you are no longer allowed to drive. Not at all. If it lights up and does not go out, then you need to take immediate action – there is nowhere to delay it.
By the way, when you buy a used car, when you start the engine, you should pay attention to it in the first place – to the “oiler”: it should light up when the key is turned and go out after the engine “wakes up” . Didn’t it burn? It looks like the bulb has burned out or was removed earlier. Yes, yes: due to the fact that it kept popping up, signaling a malfunction.
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