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96 mustang gt low oil light problems

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darkhorse96

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I have a 96 mustang 4.6 and lately my low oil light keeps coming on and going away. And when i check the dipstick the oil is just under MAX.

I have noticed that the low oil light comes on when i start the car after it's been parked on an incline instead of a flat surface.

Has anyone had this problem? And also, how many quarts of oil is it from minimum to maximum on the dipstick?
 

wmburns

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A false low oil level warning is a common problem especially when parking on an incline. This is one of the reasons Ford dropped the sensor in later model years.
 

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wmburns said:
A false low oil level warning is a common problem especially when parking on an incline. This is one of the reasons Ford dropped the sensor in later model years.
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Yeah, I don't have one.
 

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Yeah, I don't have one.
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A dry oil sump like the Corvettes is an ingenius idea.
 
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