Been using this forum for about a year for general info after buying a 2005 XK8 in May of 2011 with 38K miles. Have owned Jags since the late "60s" and this is a true evolution. Well now I have a perplexing problem and I need help.

Start the car in the morning and drive the 1/4 mile to the main road. When stopping the oil light comes on for 5-8 seconds. Once the car is driven several miles and the engine is warm the light never comes on again.

Checked oil level and everything seems to spec. Changed oil pressure switch and change oil and filter with no improvement.

On a notion I started the car cold and repeated the exercise but when the light came on I immediately shut off the engine and took a dip stick reading.

The oil showed near the bottum of the stick. For an engine with 45K miles on it this seemed unusual. I'm using 5-30 Castrol Syntek.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
JS

 

Hi JS welcome aboard, good to have you here with us

Nice intro, full of info
The XK gurus will be happy to help....................

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Why not drop in and visit the regional section for your area?
There are lots of members local to you with the same interests.
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If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.

I've manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the whole site and all its features

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Welcome to the forum Soot II,

Follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xk8-xkr-17/ to the XK8 section for help and advice.

Remember to add vehicle details to your Signature to help others to give relevant advice. Go to the User ID button on the left of the top menu bar, then Settings & Options under Your Control Panel. Select Edit Signature and enter the details.

Please also visit the Lower Atlantic Region section https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/lower-atlantic-nc-sc-fl-ga-66/ for other members and events in your region.

Enjoy the XK8 and the forum.

Keep safe - I understand there's some serious weather down your way.

Graham

 

Welcome to this friendly Forum. As the others say your best bet is to cut the technical part of your intro and paste it into a new thread on the XK8 section.
It's important not to have two posts going on the same subject - can get very confusing.
Good Luck.

 

Welcome to the forum Soot II,

Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.

If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.