i had a look at TH verada today, engine had a tappety sound after it warmed up. also had the oil light flashing on and off randomly, and sometimes staying on too. oil looked a bit black, but was fullish and car ran fine. after about a 15km round trip the tappet noise was quite loud and i wasnt game to keep driving incase of any serious issues.

is the oil light for low pressure, or could there be a blockage in the top end causing high pressure? or something else.

any help would be muchly appreciated.

thanks.

Oil light is for low pressure. Blockage in the top end = no lubrication = noisy top end = oil pressure relief valve opening to dump excess oil to sump.

This is only practical if you own the car but fitting an oil pressure gauge is a good way to see what pressure the engine is running at whilst driving. The engine could have anything from dirty oil, the wrong grade of oil in it, a blocked filter that doesn't have a by pass valve fitted, a worn oil pump, worn bearing etc.

How many km had the engine done?

Regards

Steer clear. Find another car mate.

cheers guys.

engine had done 211k. last serviced at 194k.

will keep looking i think.

Mate would definitely keep looking. Plenty of others to choose from.