'STOP ENGINE, LOW OIL PRESSURE'... comes and go...

king_julien · #1 03-06-2009, 06:41 AM

Hi I have a X5 2001 4.4i model, these couple of months I've been getting this message on the cluster 'STOP ENGINE, LOW OIL PRESSURE'. I checked the oil level and it's fine. But I still get these message every now and again. Most of the time I just turn the ignition off and turn it back ON and somehow the message just disappeared. Any idea???

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X5 Meister · #2 03-06-2009, 07:39 AM

Can you post a picture of it?

king_julien · #3 03-06-2009, 08:07 AM

What picture are you talking about? Do you mean 'The message' itself?

StumpyPete · #4 03-06-2009, 09:07 AM

probably a dodgy sensor, or mucky oil filter. When was it last serviced?

you did check the oil level properly I assume, i.e. on the flat and it was near the top of the marks.

king_julien · #5 03-06-2009, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by StumpyPete

probably a dodgy sensor, or mucky oil filter. When was it last serviced?

you did check the oil level properly I assume, i.e. on the flat and it was near the top of the marks.

Yep, I have been doing the oil level checking on a flat surface. Not just once, but many times now and I don't believe that the oil level has dropped to a significant level for it to give me the "message". I last serviced the car less than 6 months ago. My first thought would be the sensor as well at the bottom of the pan. I have spent a lot of 'dosh' on this X and I'm trying to go for the cheapest option as I possibly can. Somebody is selling the sensor in eBay for £70 and I can get the oil filter from Europarts around £7-£8 if I'm not mistaken.

X5 Meister · #6 03-06-2009, 02:36 PM

Yeah the message itself. Never heard of it.

king_julien · #7 03-06-2009, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by X5 Meister

Yeah the message itself. Never heard of it.

Right.. I got you now. I haven't got the chance to take a picture of the message since whenever it happens, the X prompts me to stop the engine. This is what it exactly shows on the cluster 'STOP ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE'

And when I turn the ignition OFF, the message changes to 'CHECK ENGINE OIL'. That's it. And then when I start it up again, the message just disappears. As I said this message comes and goes. Somedays it come up and somedays it don't.

amacman · #8 03-06-2009, 02:52 PM

there is a pressure relief valve on oil pump that can cause problems, sump pan needs removing to access, manual available from www.benltleypublishers.com shows specific proceedure to service valve.

X5 Meister · #9 03-06-2009, 03:04 PM

I didn't know there was an oil pressure sensor, just an oil level sensor, that generated an error code.

mrbmwx5 · #10 03-06-2009, 05:35 PM

#23 next to the oil filter housing.

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