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Why red oil light flashed just once while hard braking

Happened only when braking hard downhill

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I would guess that you have a low oil level. When you were hard braking, the oil moved to one end of the oil pan and the oil pick up was sucking air.

If you will do this type of driving often and the oil level is good, time to buy a baffled oil pan.

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    Your OIL LEVEL SENSOR tells you, you need oil, indicated by the RED light. Braking hard started a wash motion in your oil pan. The swishing oil triggered the Oil Level Sensor to message you by turning on the Oil Light on your cars dashboard.

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HI,LOTS OF CARS HAVE ,A WARNING WIRE ,FITTED TO THE BRAKE PADS,WHEN THIS SHORTS OUT ON BRAKE DISC,IT PUTS THAT LIGHT ON,SO CHECK BRAKE PADS ALL ROUND,ALSO BRAKE FLUID CONTAINER HAS SAME WARNING LAMP,CHECK FOR LOW FLUID,THANKS.

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