Blinking Red Oil Warning Light

[quikryptonite]

Today in traffic it was stop and go for about 25 minutes. My red oil warning light would flicker on and off 3 or 4 times and then turn off. I got really nervous at first and was ready to turn off at the next exit. It only happened as I would gently accelerate from an idle. This happened four or five times.

The warning light didn't light up at all after that at highway cruising speeds or even after I got passed about 1000 rpm. Is this the oil pressure sensor that needs to be replaced. I saw a few other threads here about other symptoms.

Is that something I could easily replace myself?

I assume this is the right part:
E46 Oil Pressure Sensor

Part No. 12 here:

E46 Oil Pressure Sensor, part no. 12

[Vas]

Oil level is normal based on the dipstick?

[quikryptonite]

Oil level is normal based on the dipstick?

Yes, I checked it and it is right where it should be.

[quikryptonite]

Well, the sensor wasn't where it was indicated on the schematic from RealOEM, but it wasn't too hard to get to. It only took about 30 minutes. Make sure you have a 15/16 or 24 mm open socket wrench if you do this in the future.

Let's hope that little red light stops lighting up.