My amateur analysis is to change the oil... But I'm sure you either checked it or changed it already! Sorry that I can't provide any decent suggestions.

 

It was changed 1000 miles ago, this is the first time I have seen this light sense I have owned the car, about 11k miles.

If it is low, it shows a low oil light.

 

You may have a bad oil sending switch

 

What is that?

I recall a way to pump the gas pedel in some way as to reset this feature, maybe that is what I need?

 

what kind of vehicle are we dealing with?

 

Car off, key to RUN, not start. Press gas three times to floor quickly. Light goes off.

 

Do this^

 

yeah. theres two options i'm not sure because some cadillacs are different than others. try turning the key to on and pumping the gas pedal down about 10 times (it works for newer chevys and some 90's cadillacs).

also try going to where it shows you your engine oil life. presing select or menu or something i cant remember. but go there and then hold down either reset or if theres a button next to reset (i think it's trip/odo or something... i could be wrong so dont kill me) try holding down both if holding down one doesnt work. shortly after you do that it should say something like XXX% OIL LIFE. keep holding until it says either OIL LIFE RESET or 100% OIL LIFE.

i work at jiffy lube. i do this for a living.

if for some reason that doesn't work, let me know and ill check tomorrow when i go to work. we have a whole book that says how to reset different oil lights. good luck

 

Thanks guys, I will try Jayoldschools as that is what I kind of recall.

 

The oil life meter was only on the FWD Caddies of that year and years prior. There was a fuel economy guage with all sorts of features and pressing two buttons showed oil life in a percent, but you had to reset it after every oil change, since it ran off mileage, not a sensor. I don't think the RWD Cads had such a computer (after '85 atleast), so the pedal pumping is the best option I think. Remember this car has the sensor-controlled idiot light, not the gauge. And if something hadn't been reset, then the light would have been on since the oil change, but it just now came on. That tells me there is just a glitch and the pedal reset method should set you off clean.

Greg

 

The press the gas peddle 3 times worked!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU. it is off now.