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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: 01664gti on 12 April 2011, 16:07

Title: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: 01664gti on 12 April 2011, 16:07

So i lent my wife my gti earlier today as her mk3 was too low to take passengers and get where she needed to go.Big mistake!!,I get a call about 2 hours after saying"The oil lights flashing and its making a buzzing noise" and then she followed it up by saying"Im alright to carry on aren't i??" And she was a bit suprised when i replied"Turn the f**king car off until i get there".

Anyway from the vdo read out and the helpful flashing light/buzzer i have minimal oil pressure.Luckily she stopped as soon as it came on,If i rev it slightly the vdo gauge shows pressure but after about 2k it alarms.

It has had all new sensors and i have just refitted the old ones so i know that the system is ok.

Could this be a symptom of a clogged pick-up pipe or something more serious?


sorry for the long windedness

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: rubjonny on 12 April 2011, 16:20

you need at least 1.8bar of pressure at 2k rpm, if you dont have that then yeah you have a pressure issue.  step 1 is to drop the sump and have a look

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: 01664gti on 12 April 2011, 16:27

That was the plan but now im off to buy a funky mk3 diesel with lots of rare goodies on.

I shall have a gander in the morning,If it is the pickup thing what do i clean it with???

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: rubjonny on 12 April 2011, 17:00

anythign you liek really, its held on to the pump with 2 bolts so dead easy to whip it off for proper cleaning. parafin, white spirit, petrol, whatever you have to hand!

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Horney on 12 April 2011, 17:03

An airline is good for blowing stuff out as well.

Nick

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Wayne on 12 April 2011, 17:08

Blocked pick up is very common.

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: 01664gti on 12 April 2011, 18:12

cheers guys ill let you know what i find

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Horney on 12 April 2011, 18:48

Hopefully not what I found in mine, the plastic baffle all mushed up and clogging everything.

nick

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: rubjonny on 13 April 2011, 10:29

i hope you meant take the pickup off and blow it thru, as doign it still on the engien would result in interesting things happening  :grin:

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: 01664gti on 13 April 2011, 16:02

Update

Problem solved,The yellow wire which runs to the rear sender on the oil cooler was broken about halfway down.Shes now back up and running nice again.

im well chuffed as i had a crap nights sleep worrying lol

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Mitching on 31 May 2011, 15:53

Quick question (didn't deserve a new thread)
But I'm planning on giving the pick up a quick clean next oil change.
How do I remove the pick up?
And is there anything else I should check while I have the sump off?

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: search on 24 January 2013, 20:30

sorry to bring up a old post but didn't see the point in making a new one... so today i got the flashing red oil light with the buzzing noise, after a while it went off then came back on for a quick second then off again by the time i got home.

could this be the Pickup or a faulty clock? as the owner before has put GTi clocks in.

while on the subject is there a how to on cleaning the pickup cheers.

Title: Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Wayne on 24 January 2013, 23:19

Quote from: search on 24 January 2013, 20:30

sorry to bring up a old post but didn't see the point in making a new one... so today i got the flashing red oil light with the buzzing noise, after a while it went off then came back on for a quick second then off again by the time i got home.

could this be the Pickup or a faulty clock? as the owner before has put GTi clocks in.

while on the subject is there a how to on cleaning the pickup cheers.

I would drop the sump and check the pick up pipe tbh.