Engine oil warning light

[WARDY67]

HI Guy's, I'm trying to find out if my toyota Yaris 1.5vvti Bi-tone has an oil warning light?,.It has the updated colour dash but i can only see the engine check light and the warning triangle illuminated, no oil pressure light.

[FROSTYBALLS]

Moved to the Yaris forum.

[Max_Headroom]

I have a 2019 1.5 and was sure I had asked the same question but cannot find it, I assume both Battery and oil warning lights are in the strip at the top of the display but it's only a guess, I wonder why they do not illuminate at startup like on most cars for driver peace of mind. 

[WARDY67]

Cheers for replying,I'm a bit ashamed as I'm an ex motor technician and never came across a manufacturer that didn't have an oil pressure warning light. I presumed that the engine mil light and or the master warning triangle would illuminate in the absence of this crucial warning light.

[forkingabout]

Peugeot / Citroen multiplexing system ( around 20 years ago ) was known to not show the oil pressure warning light at pre start bulb check - it was a design quirk of the time. 

If you did an actuator test on the system the warning light would show. 

 

[forkingabout]

2 hours ago, Max_Headroom said:

I wonder why they do not illuminate at startup like on most cars for driver peace of mind. 

As a former Austin Metro owner - every time you applied the parking brake you got 3 lights shining in front of you.

the red parking brake warning light ( P ) 

the red low brake fluid warning light ( ! ) 

& the orange low front brake pad warning light ( O ) 

Apparently it was to prove the bulbs where all working for drivers peace of mind, an annoying feature plenty of people complained about. 

[WARDY67]

7 minutes ago, forkingabout said:

Peugeot / Citroen multiplexing system ( around 20 years ago ) was known to not show the oil pressure warning light at pre start bulb check - it was a design quirk of the time. 

If you did an actuator test on the system the warning light would show. 

 

Thanks 👍 

[Max_Headroom]

Did you find out why there is no oil pressure warning light when you turn the ignition on?

[WARDY67]

Hi Unfortunately no-one could tell me why toyota didn't include an oil warning light although my next-door neighbour has the exact same car albeit 2yrs older and it has the oil warning light. I presume the main engine warning light will illuminate if the oil pressure drops. The Peugeot 2008 also doesn't have an oil warning light. Maybe its a cost cutting  exercise. 

[Max_Headroom]

Thanks. i like to see the oil and Battery warning light illuminate when you turn the ignition and go out when the engine fires for me its peace of mind and it still irritates me that i cannot see this on my MK3 after all these months.

I have looked through the online manual and cannot seem to find any info. 

[Max_Headroom]

Why the confused emoticon Jimota?

[WARDY67]

That's exactly my concern too. I am going to contact toyota and get their reaction. I will post their comments once I have a response. 

[Jimota]

This is all new to me Max.  I didn’t know oil warning lights weren’t displayed on your vehicle and the fact the online manual makes no reference to it either. 

[Max_Headroom]

3 hours ago, WARDY67 said:

That's exactly my concern too. I am going to contact toyota and get their reaction. I will post their comments once I have a response. 

You might be able to find the info here, i cannot find my logbook to get the Vin to allow me access i will have to ask the wife where she has moved it from where i normally keep it  put it away for safety 

https://www.toyota.co.uk/customer/manuals

[Max_Headroom]

5 minutes ago, Jimota said:

and the fact the online manual makes no reference to it either. 

I don't think the manual i read was an official Toyota one as i said above i haven't got my Vin, i have done quite a bit of searching and cannot find the answer, with luck Wardy can get into the site and get us the answer.

[TonyHSD]

So all 1.5 non hybrid Yaris has no red oil warning lights ? 
To me it’s hard to believe and perhaps there might be a blown bulb or something else but should be an oil warning light there to the left like on this picture. You can look day time with your phone flash or torch or under direct sunlight if there are icon markings for a oil pressure light and if yes then means there is but it’s not working for some reason.

[RobertR]

An oil level sensor is installed in the engine. So some kind of warning will pop up when this will be a problem.

 

[Max_Headroom]

Thanks Robert.

[WARDY67]

Hi Robert, Your correct there is a low level warning sensor fitted but that doesn't tell the drive if the pressure is low. It seems that car manufacturers are very remiss in not fitting a pressure warning light. 🙄

[Max_Headroom]

Got my vin so here goes - 

 

[Derek.w]

I come across red and yellow warning lights its the same light LED  but controlled by two sensors

red low oil amber not sure what it was for now it was a VW car and removing the sensor and cleaning it fixed it. 

So it was looking at the dirt in the oil.

Hope it helps.

[WARDY67]

Thank you 👍 

[forkingabout]

23 hours ago, WARDY67 said:

The Peugeot 2008 also doesn't have an oil warning light. Maybe its a cost cutting  exercise. 

It certainly does have one BUT it's just not programmed to illuminate at the pre start warning light check.

Something Peugeot / Citroen has been doing for the last 20+ years when they first introduced multiplexed electrical systems across there product ranges.

 

[WARDY67]

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