Disco05
Member Since: 08 Mar 2010
Location: Uppsala
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Hi,
Im a new discovery3 owner. Have just owned the car for 1 month and drove about 5000km. I had some problem this weekend:
Friday a red oil lamp was shown on my panel. I stopped the car and checked the oil, which was quite low, but not below minimun. Was near a gas station so went there and filled it up, about 0,5 liters. After that, the lamp disappeared and I drove about 8km home.
Saturday, the next day, the red oil lamp appeared again. Checked the oil and it was a bit above maximunm. So no leackage. Had just started the engine for a short time but it sounded/felt ok.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Tobias
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 8th Mar 2010 9:30 am |
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Tawny Owl
Member Since: 22 Oct 2008
Location: Here and there
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Get it straight into a garage , could just be an iffy oil pressure switch or something a bit more serious as lack of oil pressure  and if driven with the latter you may seriously knacker the engine .
Good luck 
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| 8th Mar 2010 1:06 pm |
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Bushwanderer
Member Since: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia
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Further to the above, you may have added an oil that isn't compatible with that already in the sump. The Bearded Dragon
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| 9th Mar 2010 2:06 am |
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TheOneAndOnlyNikolaus
Member Since: 13 Jul 2008
Location: Vienna
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did your oil warning come up after a car wash or heavy rain? My V8 shocked me with the oil pressure warning around christmas but the car managed to fix the fault itself during a few days in a dry car parking.
The cause was water ingress via the winscreen pilar (left side).
In case you have the water issue -> there is a TSB LA501-007
I would still recommend to have it checked as I toasted a Jaguar XJ6 engine several years ago by trusting the mechanics that the "oil pressure switches always give false warnings"....
Nikolaus
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| 9th Mar 2010 7:44 pm |
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Disco05
Member Since: 08 Mar 2010
Location: Uppsala
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I toasted my defender last year.. "oil pressure switches always give false warnings" 
But this time i actually think its false warnings. Havent seen the oil lamp for two days, and everything seems ok. Probably some sensor, but i booked a time at the workshop just in case.
Thanks for the help and your comments!
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| 10th Mar 2010 1:47 am |
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