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Expert: - 1/3/2010


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My 2000 cadillac deville is showing the oil pressure light. I was never warned about low oil until I started it the next morning and it sounded like the oil was low. I added oil and the dipstick is showing that the oil was added. However the oil pressure light is still on and the car still sounds like oil needs to be added. Please help! What could be the problem and would it hurt for me to drive it to a shop that is about 15 miles away.

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Hello,

The reality is that the oil pressure light does not come on until it is too late. If the engine is noisy, you already have internal problems in the engine. Do not drive the car. Have it towed! Hopefully the engine is not junk.

North stars are not a good engine of course Cadillac has not made a good engine since 1981.

I have a love hate relationship with Cadillacs. I compromised with the wife that wants a Caddy. She is getting an Escalade witch has a chevy engine. The cars look great and ride great, but they are a money pit as you are about toxins out.

Don' t drive the car or even start the engine.

I hope the problem turns out as minor.
Rob

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Alarm system questions cannot be answered on this forum. These systems are not what I can answer. Without being physically at the vehicle and not knowing what kind of electrical service has been done on the vehicle, there is no possible way to give an accurate answer over the internet. My expertise is in Ignition/key based anti-theft systems. These issues include GM VATS (resistor chip in key blade) PASSLOCK (MRD)-ignition lock rotation based, no special ignition key and the PKIII Transponder (computer chip in key) systems. These systems are not alarm based and are integral with the starting of the engine. This is why I cannot diagnose alarm problems without physically looking at the vehicle: Alarm systems are a completely different annimal than ignition key/lock based anti-theft system. Many alarm questions come from vehicles 10 years old, and since older, many hands that had been involved over the years.I am an expert in all GM factory (ignition/key based)systems. Alarm system questions pose to many situations beyond my knowledge as to what has been done to the vehicle over the years. Some guy may have actually wired the stereo into the alarm system. Who knows? Over my past 30 years in vehicle wiring repair, I have seen unbelievable wiring disaters done by guys that consider themselves "mechanics." I have seen stereos and alarms intalled using surgical tape. I have seen modules burn up, un-fused circuits, wiring jambed between the doors and even lamp cord used for a starter kill. To answer alarm questions over the internet without examining the vehicle is like asking; What does it take to remove a dent?

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Education/Credentials-ASE certified. 11 years with a GM dealer and 17 years with a repair facility dealing with only the repair of theft recovered vehicles.

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