oil light flashing

whilst out on a laning trip my oil light started to flicker when the clutch pedal was used, a check of oil level came out ok just wondering if fitting the fan back on(taken of by prevuis owner to save fuel) would sort the problem the temp gauge is not moving much beyond the first quarter even in every day use

If your oil levels and temp are ok prob an iffy sender or earth

cheers i thought maybe the oil light switch but thought i would ask the question anyway

Check this fred for a load of possible things it could be.. http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/200tdi-oil-light-flickering-what-next-check-191739.html

will do

I had this problem and put a genuine filter on and the oil light stopped flashing

yeah ive just dont one myself but it happened before that as well

I did all the above and found it was just an old engine that has a little low oil pressure due to previous owner had idle set to low . Just lift it 1/2-1 turn on stop screw. 50 rpm should be enough to sort you out

cheers bud il try it

just put a viscous fan back on an the oil light hasnt flashed since but a mate did play with the oil light switch conection so it could still be the switch

Viscous defo not needed, only time a 200 gets hot is when worked hard off road at slow speed

or stood in traffic on a hot day

Or towing up a long hill on a hot day

as its easy to do i might take the viscous fan back off just to see if my mate playing with the switch connection did work or not, i must admit i feel alot better now its not flashing though one less thing to worry about

Fit a cheapo elec fan from ebay then you can cool it at the flick of a switch

jamesmartin said:

or stood in traffic on a hot day

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If the rad is in half tidy nick I cant see how the engine would even begin to get hot if not working
Never seen it on mine and thats 3.5 years with no viscous fitted