Ford Mondeo OIL Sensors Do They Work??

molerat

My old 1985 Talbot Horizon had it too, never had it on a car since !!

molerat

robb01 wrote: »

I agree with Conor, he's got a point

Yes but .......

Pls be nice to all MoneySavers. There's no such thing as a stupid question, and even if you disagree courtesy helps.

goldspanners

this is a frightening post,its happened to the op before and they still havent learnt thier lesson.
any vehicle with oil level sensors has only shown oil level before engine start up,never whilst driving as this would be impossible to work out as all the oil isnt in the sump.

check the dipstick. (never been more aptly named )

BYALPHAINDIA

And your perfect are you???

hewhoisnotintheknow

my golf has problems with reporting levels

Keith

BYALPHAINDIA wrote: »

And your perfect are you???

After it's happened to you once, you think you'd learn to avoid a second engine failure.

The knocking you hear is probably the start of big end failure and the end of another Mondeo for you.

Do you do any of the routine checks on your vehicle or just drive it to that special "service" day when you have an MOT test?

Contessa

My Peugeot has an oil sensor. I frequently check the actual dipstick levels against the dashboard ones and they seem to be the same. As I drove away from work this evening the display signalled a problem with the oil level/pressure and told me to stop. I turned engine off. Restarted. Display indicated max oil level but still warning sign. Turned engine off again. Checked dipstick-full. Restarted engine. AOK.

BYALPHAINDIA

Everything is checked at least once a week.

It is not knocking, I would put it down to the 'Tappetts', Which is common in the Mondeo.

I was just a bit suspicous about it making the noise.

The OIL level is sufficient.

I am baffled as to how long it can go without an OIL 'Top up'

Hence my initial question = Does the Ford Mondeo have a design fault with the OIL light??

A friend has a newer Mondeo, And he also said that he can't understand why it never needs an OIL 'Top up'??

I have owned 3 Ford Sierras, And they ALWAYS had an OIL light that came on to tell you the level was getting low.

Also on the Ford Fiesta, That would occasionally come on and pre-warn you, No problems would 'top it up'

I don't believe in the 'Phrase' it's too late once the light has come on, That's standard 'Garage' talk - To get more money for a new engine, That may not be required anyway??

Keith

The light is for low pressure, on the Fiesta it's for low pressure.

The Oil Pressure Warning Light works fine and has no known problems.

There is a known user problem with the Oil Low Level Warning Line on the Dipstick.

Once the Oil Pressure warning light comes on, damage has been done.

Your car probably doesn't need a top up because it's not burning a massive amount of oil.

anewman

BYALPHAINDIA wrote: »

I don't believe in the 'Phrase' it's too late once the light has come on, That's standard 'Garage' talk - To get more money for a new engine, That may not be required anyway??

Well if you need a new engine you need a new engine. You have experienced the effects of oil starvation once. The max and min levels are marked on the dipstick for a reason. The dipstick is there for you to check. Driving around waiting for the oil light to come on, without checking on the dipstick is asking for trouble.