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2000 Dodge Caravan oil light on but has oil


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steashnoanat
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Mar 18, 2010, 11:17 AM

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I have an 2000 Dodge Caravan when we got the van the water pump would not hold water we got it fixed then it over heated and this time it was the thermastat so it had gotten replaced then it over heated again and this time the man said it was the timing belt so he fixed that and said that it did no damage to the motor but he did not change any thing but the belt now the oil light came on and its showed that we have about a quart of oil in it so I put oil in it and now it has oil but the light is still on. It is ticking but it has always done that the guy said that it would stop once the oil was changed well it did not and when you are idiling and you push the gas it ticks really bad. Please help!!!!


Hammer Time
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Mar 18, 2010, 3:48 PM

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What engine do you have?



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nickwarner
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Mar 18, 2010, 3:48 PM

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Re: 2000 Dodge Caravan oil light on but has oil Sign In

first off what engine do you have in this? Also, have you verified the oil pressure with a gauge? The oil light comes on when the switch doesn't detect oil pressure, and a bad oil pump can cause this. Most likely, the switch is just bad. Its screwed into the engine block to the driver's side of the oil filter. Easy and cheap to fix. But you need to know for sure that you have oil pressure before you do damage to this motor. You say its been overheated multiple times and run low on oil. Thats going to do some damage. The ticking could be a rocker arm going out because it was starved of oil and run hot. Could be a rod knock too. Can't tell without being there.


steashnoanat
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Mar 19, 2010, 7:34 AM

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Thank you for that info I am going today to have it looked at and I do hope that it will be cheap and easy to fix at least I will have some ideal of what I can get them to check . I have no idea what size my moter is . Thank you Smile


steashnoanat
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Mar 19, 2010, 4:07 PM

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I had the Van looked at today and they said that it was a small leak in the Trasnmission hose and a small leak in the front Motor seal. I called around and the prices range between 20 to 25 dollors I hope that it wiil easy an cheap to put them on.






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