Why does my 98 Dodge caravan's oil light come on when I stop

Why does my 98 Dodge caravan's oil light come on when I stop or turn, then it goes of again?
It's also making a light knocking sound Am I screwed?What can I do to fix it help

1 day ago
I am not low on oil I think there maybe alittle more then need be in it

1 day ago
Listen I have lots of oil in my van Im not stupid

Hi.the answer lies in in your having a worn out oil sensor in the engine bay. Unfortunately this part does wear out. there is nothing wrong with your bulb in its self. But it looks intermittent, and replacing the sensor will elimate this problem. The sensor my cost $20 25. Light knocking may be many things from bad lifters.repairs for this may be expensive. If your feeling black smoke from your rear exhaust pipe.well let us say it is time to take it to a reliable auto mechanic for more evaluation. And it sound's as if you may not want to use up that kind of of money. Beware.additives that promise to calm that sound inside your engine .these only mask the real problem. Hope this information helps..best of luck to ya.

Advid auto buff..have done <span title="restorations.bodies.engines">restorations.bodies.engine. etc

low on oil

The light comes on because you're WAY low on oil, and when you stop or turn, the little oil you do have sloshes around in the oil pan and away from the pickup tube, at which point the pickup tube sucks air instead of oil, and your oil light turns on. once you suck oil again, it turns off. typically this begins to happen when you are more than a quart, more like two quarts low. The thing only holds four five quarts to start with, so you may have half of it left. The red light is red because it indicates you have a big problem that will quickly result in big engine damage. The knocking sound you hear is the sound of connecting rod bearings with no oil between them and the crankshaft. here is what is going to happen if you continue to drive this way. 1st, the engine will be permanently damaged, if you do sooner or later put oil in it. Next, it'll seize. 3rd, you'll be screwed. don't under any situation START this engine till you put oil in it.

If you are not low on oil, use a heavier weight oil.

If you never ran out of oil, you are not screwed.

Manufacturers recommend light weight oil so they can promote that their cars get better gas mileage. But as those cars get older, the tolerances get sloppy and they need a heavier oil to preserve protecting film of oil needed to lubricate everything.

Sloppy tolerances let more oil to flow through, and evidently your oil pump is not able to keep up with the amount of oil to get around what used to be tight places.

A heavier weight oil should crack your problems. If you now use 5w30, go to 10w40. I use a 15w50 and have over a quarter million miles on this engine.
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Did you botherd to check the oil. When driving most of it's in the engine and when you stop it moves away from the pump. And yes you're scewed. Its called a spun baring.

it can be time to change the oil in it,you can attempt that, other wise it may have an oil pump going out on it.that will because it to do this,and that will also explain the knock you have in it,have it checked to make sure,it may just need an oil change or a sending unit put on it,any shop can check this out for you,good luck on it.

you are low on oil or your light is mouth functioning. no clue how to spell that sorry.

Me again is right. he's also right about Dodge man..that man is an idiot. On my other username I answered about 100 questions that he answered and got best answer on all of them because that man does not have a clue. Put oil in your van and hope you did not blow it up.

oil pump is bad,light knocking is bad. sell it before its to
late. and avoid dodge caravans.