Check engine light after oil change

[Mattalto]

Need some advice on if I should take my truck into the shop, or if there’s a solution I can solve on my own.

I did an oil change about three weeks ago. As I was driving home from work I got a sudden oil pressure warning and the check engine light came on simultaneously. I was close to home, so coasted the rest of the way. The whole time the oil pressure went from normal to low erratically.

I got home and checked around to find where the oil was leaking. It looks like it was leaking from the oil filter. It appears that the o ring slipped a notch higher than it was supposed to. Not sure how that happened.

Anyways, I replaced the oil filter and o ring, added new oil, and started up the truck. The oil pressure is back to a steady normal. But the check engine light won’t go off.

I’m no mechanic. But everything sounds fine. I haven’t driven the truck. Just let it sit in the driveway running a bit.

Any recommendations on best and worse case scenarios? Thanks!

 

[meedom]

Pull the negative terminal off your battery for a minute and put it back on to reset the check engine light...

 

[OCDTech]

Probably a code related to low oil pressure, If you dont manually reset most of the time the light will go out by itself after a couple of drive cycles. But like meedom suggested, manually reset. As long as your oil pressure gauge reads normal probably be ok to drive.

 

[HammerHead]

What oil filter are you using? What oil?

 

[Burla]

what is your oil pressure at idle?

 

[HammerHead]

How much oil was left in the pan when the light came on?

 

[Hootbro]

I just love members that are only here to take and not give back. OP's oil issue must have broken his internet or he has an aversion to answer honest questions everybody could learn from.

 

[John-e-racer]

Give his m time to respond