OIL LOW LIGHT ON CELICA 2.0GT 1998 MODEL

ToyotaMan · 2006-07-21T18:46:42+00:00

Hi AllI've got a problem on my Toyota Celica 2.0GT 1998The oil low light came on about 2 weeks before my 54K service was due, stopped and checked the dipstick and it was about 1/5 full, so fair enough it was getting low.I did a few short journeys until the next evening when I added a small amount of oil, to bring the level upto about 1/3 full - but the oil low light still came for about 5-10 seconds within a mile or so of driving, and flashed literally for a second 3 or 4 times on the way home (18 mile journey)I booked it in for the service and mentioned the oil light low problem, and they looked at it 2 days later as they weren't busy - but until they looked at it, for the entire time every journey the oil light low came on very briefly for a second or two, occasionally for 5-10 seconds 3 or 4 times for those 2 days.Anyway Toyota couldn't find any fault what-so-ever, the car is still under warranty for about another 6 weeks so I was keen to get it fixed.And guess what? After the service and about a mile into the journey home, the oil light low comes on loads of times (I had explained the problem in detail of course to the dealership!) I told them 18 miles gives 3 or 4 faults etcAny ideas, they are suggesting now I take the technician on a test drive with me and show them the fault! I mean is this usual (taking the technician on a drive) doesn't the car record internal errors, couldn't they just check the log?Far enough its intermittent, and these are hard faults to fix, but I'm really annoyed and told them this, and its going back this Wednesday - surely they should be able to fix this - is this a common fault on Celica's? The car was driving perfect before and still is after the service, no oil is leaking externally and 9K miles between services leaves me with 1/5 full (thats consistent with the last 2 services)Any comments welcome, other than this its been perfect and its driven very hard, its had a tought life, but until now its never let me down... Generally I...

Jul 21, 2006 44 Replies

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Chris Bolus 19 years ago

We're on our eighth...

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ToyotaMan 19 years ago

Which models have you owned over the years? I'm on my third Celica.

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Chris Bolus 19 years ago

Corolla 30 (x2) LandCruiser HJ60 (x2) Carina E Hilux Surf Previa (x2)

But I'd love a good Celica ST one day!

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Jules 19 years ago

Which one? Had a few ST's but all 70's and a v quick 77GT

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ToyotaMan 19 years ago

If you talking about the 94-99 version you want the GT, the ST is pretty slow.

Mine looks awesome in bronze.

Regards

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