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[Simon J]

The oil pressure light on my 2.8 CRD takes about three seconds to go out when starting from cold. Is this normal as I would have expected it to go out pretty much a soon as the engine starts.

[Dutch]

Si,

Could take a few secs for the 'puter to process the data. 

It goes out.......that's the important bit of your post.

If it doesn't ......"Houston....we've got a problem"

[Dave69]

more like Housten prepare for a big bill

[isle of man]

The oil pressure light on my 2.8 CRD takes about three seconds to go out when starting from cold. Is this normal as I would have expected it to go out pretty much a soon as the engine starts.

Change the oil and filter (use genuine filter) and report back....

[scrw]

  Someone on the SA jeep forum had the same issue using a non genuine filter

[Simon J]

Thanks for the suggestion about the filter, guys. I suspect the filter isn't a genuine one but not sure if I can get my hands on one where I am at the moment. I'll pick one up on my next trip home. Is it readily accessible to change it?

[Simon J]

OK, so I found that my local Land Rover dealer also services Jeeps and carries Mopar parts, etc., so I got them to do an oil and filter change and they checked for fault codes but everything was fine. But there's still a three to four second delay in the oil light going out - is that normal on the CRD?

[Dave69]

pattern filters can be a problem on all cars and the cost from pattern to genuine can be surprisingly close. give it a week and see if it improves, one possibility is that the sensor migh have some sludge lodged (dont think of a big lump of crud) which will cause a delay in the sensor responding.

[Simon J]

Yeah,  I forgot to ask them what filter was on it. But that aside how long do others find it takes for the light to go out?

[MOCAJ]

not sure about your KJ probs, my 2002 CRD didnt do it but i can tell you that the Jeep oil pressure sensors are pants

replaced 2 on my Tj's, they tell you you have no oil pressure on start up which is a little worrying but everything is fine. Replace the sensor and all good 

[Simon J]

I'll maybe look into replacing the sensor - is it a big/expensive job on the 2.8? I suppose not.