I noticed what I thought was the top up the oil light coming on in my townace td1991, so I topped it up. I found it was coming on quite a lot so I was topping it up quite a bit. I was doing a 60 mile round trip to work, 5 days a week for 6 weeks, on motorways at the time; so i just thought it was using a bit due to the excessive work it had to do since I dont ussually travel so far & at speed on a daily basis.When I was driving home in the dark one night, my son & his mates in the back said they could see sparks coming out of the exhaust pipe, (I was on the motorway at the time doing 70. I have noticed that there are specks of oil all up the back of the tailgate. This really worried me. (My husband just reckoned it was the turbo though??) I have since looked on the ace answers site & realised that it was not the top up oil light, but the oil pressure light. Now I am really worried. Do you think I have a problem, or was I just putting too much oil in it? I have looked on the Ace answers, but I can't seem to find anything about what the low oil pressure warning light might means. Please dont laugh at my ignorance, I dont know about engines, and I thought I was just looking after my townie by giving it plenty of oil!

- (#1920) Sandra, 20 Jun 05 16:48

Oh dear. Drivind with no il pressure is Not Good. But sparks out the tailpipe aren't such an issue- if you drive hard some of the soot in the exhaust may be ejected burning.

Best get a mechanic to look at it ASAP. Red oil warning light = stop the engine!

- (#1920) David Miller, 20 Jun 05 23:31