4age oil warning light on..?

[dxtawagon]

hey,
recently put a replacement 4age bigport into my ae82 (NZ new) GT.
it runs fine but the oil light stays on almost all the time.
the only time it goes off is when the cars warm and the idle drops right down, then it flickers....?
any ideas? the new engine is out of aw11 and the past owner said the oil light was not on in his car?
Im pretty sure i hooked it up correctly.
Any help appreciated.

[Alex B]

AW11's have an oil pressure gauge by the look. Rip that sensor out and replace it with a sensor from a car with no gauge.

[evil_si]

Put your old switch / sensor in

[Lloyd]

As above, chances are the oil pressure sender is a big round unit which is actually for an oil pressure gauge. What you're after is an oil pressure switch which is very small in comparison.

[dxtawagon]

sweeeet, thats easy to sort out.
cheers

[Allister S]

I too can confirm this is your issue. I ran a AE82 with a AE92 oil pressure gauge pick up for years - when the oil light goes out with any revs on PANICK. Would flicker at warm idle.

Even better get a decent oil pressure switch that comes on at 15 or 20psi, rather than the factory ones that only come on once your engine is dead (only 2psi or something)

Cheers, Al