lycan1385
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- Jul 9, 2010
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Edison,
New_Jersey
Hi, i'm new to this forum. I own a 99 Eclipse GST auto. My car is pretty stock, with bolt on's like a turboback exhaust and an airfilter.
A few months ago i noticed the oil sign coming on when i was idling or in slow moving traffic. It would disappear when i started driving. My car has a rebuilt head, stock bottom end with 158 k miles on it and a factory turbo with about 10 k miles on it. So my friend (a suburu mechanic) suggested i use non synth thick oil in it, and he added some 15w-40. When i saw the oil sign coming on, i thought it was because it was non synthetic and as far as i know, this car needs synthetic. So i got some castrol edge 10w-30 and got an oilchange. But the oil sign started coming on at idle and in traffic even then. And when the oil sign comes on, it flashes on and off for the most part, then stays on all the time at idle.
My friend thinks its the engine oil cooler, its unable to cool the engine oil when my car is idling. Last 2 weeks apart from the oil sign my engine temperature is rising to 3/4ths up the gauge and even if i let the car idle for 10 mins before shutting it down, it doesnt cool down. The temperature only comes down while driving at speeds over 50 mph with no car in front of me. If there were traffic or a car in front of me(even if it were 40-60 ft away), temp reaches 3/4th of the gauge even while driving.
A second problem is that about 10 minutes of driving my battery and brake sign come on; they both keep disappearing and reappearing for a few seconds and finally come back on and then stay on till car is turned off. A few months ago my friend had mentioned that my battery cable was corroding and he fixed it temporarily. Could that be it or is it something else.
i dont know if this is related, but at low speed when the auto transmission shifts from 1st to 2nd or 2nd to 3rd, i hear and feel a loud "thud" noise from the floor of the car. i know my transmission is not in good shape, but does this have anything to do with the oil sign on dashboard and the engine temp rising so high?
A few months ago i noticed the oil sign coming on when i was idling or in slow moving traffic. It would disappear when i started driving. My car has a rebuilt head, stock bottom end with 158 k miles on it and a factory turbo with about 10 k miles on it. So my friend (a suburu mechanic) suggested i use non synth thick oil in it, and he added some 15w-40. When i saw the oil sign coming on, i thought it was because it was non synthetic and as far as i know, this car needs synthetic. So i got some castrol edge 10w-30 and got an oilchange. But the oil sign started coming on at idle and in traffic even then. And when the oil sign comes on, it flashes on and off for the most part, then stays on all the time at idle.
My friend thinks its the engine oil cooler, its unable to cool the engine oil when my car is idling. Last 2 weeks apart from the oil sign my engine temperature is rising to 3/4ths up the gauge and even if i let the car idle for 10 mins before shutting it down, it doesnt cool down. The temperature only comes down while driving at speeds over 50 mph with no car in front of me. If there were traffic or a car in front of me(even if it were 40-60 ft away), temp reaches 3/4th of the gauge even while driving.
A second problem is that about 10 minutes of driving my battery and brake sign come on; they both keep disappearing and reappearing for a few seconds and finally come back on and then stay on till car is turned off. A few months ago my friend had mentioned that my battery cable was corroding and he fixed it temporarily. Could that be it or is it something else.
i dont know if this is related, but at low speed when the auto transmission shifts from 1st to 2nd or 2nd to 3rd, i hear and feel a loud "thud" noise from the floor of the car. i know my transmission is not in good shape, but does this have anything to do with the oil sign on dashboard and the engine temp rising so high?