Re: Alarm 115 opti
Do you have the smartcraft gauges with the (idiot) lights?
Are you getting a check engine, overheat or oil light to accompany the alarm and safe mode speed reduction?
The three conditions which could account for your symptoms are -
1) NO oil flow - with check engine and oil light (if equipped)
2) an electrical failure at the oil pump - with check engine and oil light
3) overheat - with the overheat light
The strong flow at the tell-tale (pee) only means that the waterpump is working and that cooling water is getting to compressor.
The cooling system has three different (branches) - the cylinders, the compressor and the fuel cooler. As noted, you could have a blockage causing an overheat at the heads but still have an excellent tell tale stream.
But also as noted, more often the offender would be one of the temp sensors (one in each head and one at the compressor) which would give you a false overheat condition.
A dealer can "plug in" your motor to a DDT which will quickly spit out the offender - letting you know whether the ECM (thought) the motor overheated, if there was an electrical fault to the oil pump or if the motion sensor at the oil pump detected a (no oil flow) condition....