"Stop Engine Oilpress" Message at low RPM

[Bdc101]

I changed my oil yesterday, and today I drove my kids to school. The car drove fine until we pulled into the school lot (about 4-5 miles) and the red oil pressure light comes on and it says "STOP ENGINE OILPRESS." I stopped it immediately and checked the oil, and it was low but still on the dipstick, and couldn't find any leaks or signs of losing oil.


I drove to Napa just down the street and noticed that if I kept the revs above idle the lights and message would go away. I put a full quart in it and drove to work, but the behavior is exactly the same.



I found a few threads that show many people having this same problem for extended periods of time. Particularly this first one, which describes having the problem and it possibly being related to an aux fan problem (I also disconnected my aux fan yesterday and drove to work without it, without thinking):

https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/...e-oil-lev.html


I just wanted to ping the brain trust -- I don't think there is any actual danger to the motor right now, right? Especially since I just drove over 10 miles without it seizing up or spinning a bearing.



My car has just rolled over 130k and I just changed the oil with 5w40 euro blend full synthetic and a Mann filter. The previous oil I had left in for 9 months and about 9,000 miles, but it was because of a lot of highway road trips and normally I change it after no more than 6,000, always using quality filters and euro blend full synthetics. I have had the car for almost 40,000 miles and seven years. I also replaced the CCV system 6 years/35k ago, and see a little sludge on the dipstick and oil cap but can't find any other sludge in the system. I don't know if these things are important, just wanting to point them out.



Any help is appreciated! I have been putting a lot of time and effort into keeping this car up over the past year, and I'll be really bummed if it's going to keel over on me.