Hi everybody. I was hoping to get some help because my Mini started acting funny and I can't seem to find the answer. The low oil pressure light turns on when idling after I did an oil change and new valve cover gasket and seals. I waited for the car to cool down to check the filter and to make sure the oil filter housing drain plunger was there. The drain plunger was indeed still there and it functions like a button. I did notice that there was very little oil in the filter housing when i removed the new filter to inspect it before putting it back in. I figured maybe I put it in wrong or something originally. I drove the car after putting the new filter back in the second time and the oil pressure light came on again after I drove it down the street.
I couldn't find an exact match where someone mentioned the problem occurring after changing the valve cover gasket and seals while doing the oil change so I decided to make a new thread. Most things I've found online only mentioned it happening after an oil change. So here's some details:
2004 Mini Cooper R50 103k miles
It was parked for a while but still turned on and drove just fine aside from slight stutters when idling.
Found oil on a spark plug. Decided to change the valve cover gasket and tube seals next time I did an oil change.
Also decided to add some seafoam, because again it had been a while since the last oil change and also because it was parked for a while.
It drove fine with the seafoam in and I only drove 50 miles before changing the oil, so I dont think that's the problem.
The filter housing has the "cage" on it. The filter I bought also has a cage but so did the previous one. The filter I got is an STP S9584XL, which also has a cage. I only got it because it was part of a special at autozone. I've seen people mention to only use a certain brand. So maybe this is the problem.
I'm also wondering if there was something I could have done wrong during the gasket changing process that may have caused the low oil pressure.
If anybody has any suggestions or insight I would be very grateful.
I couldn't find an exact match where someone mentioned the problem occurring after changing the valve cover gasket and seals while doing the oil change so I decided to make a new thread. Most things I've found online only mentioned it happening after an oil change. So here's some details:
2004 Mini Cooper R50 103k miles
It was parked for a while but still turned on and drove just fine aside from slight stutters when idling.
Found oil on a spark plug. Decided to change the valve cover gasket and tube seals next time I did an oil change.
Also decided to add some seafoam, because again it had been a while since the last oil change and also because it was parked for a while.
It drove fine with the seafoam in and I only drove 50 miles before changing the oil, so I dont think that's the problem.
The filter housing has the "cage" on it. The filter I bought also has a cage but so did the previous one. The filter I got is an STP S9584XL, which also has a cage. I only got it because it was part of a special at autozone. I've seen people mention to only use a certain brand. So maybe this is the problem.
I'm also wondering if there was something I could have done wrong during the gasket changing process that may have caused the low oil pressure.
If anybody has any suggestions or insight I would be very grateful.