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1998 S70 Oil light On-no leak and its fulll

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1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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Re: 1998 S70 Oil light On-no leak and its fulll

Post by BEJinFbk »

I agree that getting a gauge onto the car and being
absolutely sure that there's oil pressure is job 1.
But most of the cars that I've worked on have an
oil pressure switch that's looking for a ground if
the oil pressure is below the switch's set point.

This is just a simple, one wire sensor. I've never
actually checked, but I'd lean towards this being
a switch that closes when there's no oil pressure.
And I'm pretty sure that the cluster is looking for
a ground to turn on the oil pressure warning lamp.

Anyone know for sure?
'98 V70 R - Well Equipped for Life Up North... ;)

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Post by abscate »

We never confirmed this in this thread , but Covid gives us this opportunity.

Erik reported it as a NC switch, and he is on point 99.99% of the time on everything except front wheel bearings
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