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What is the correct response to a low oil pressure warning while driving?
- A.Keep driving to the next city
- B.Add throttle to raise pressure
- C.Ignore it if the engine sounds normal
- D.Stop in a safe place and shut off the engine as soon as safely possible, then investigate, because running without oil pressure destroys the engine quickly
Correct answer
D. Stop in a safe place and shut off the engine as soon as safely possible, then investigate, because running without oil pressure destroys the engine quickly
Why
Oil pressure is the engine's life support: bearings survive seconds to minutes without it under load. The cost of stopping is a service call; the cost of continuing can be a seized engine and a blocked roadway.
Manual topic: Gauges - Oil Warning · From the General Knowledge practice bank (GK-364).