Oil pressure light 16v

[edd16v]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on a problem Im having with my mk2 16v gti.

When the car is warmed up the oil light on the dash is flickering intermitantly it doesnt do it constantly and the car seems to be running fine??

What is this light telling me? is it just low oil pressure or is it low oil level?? I have checked the oil and the level is fine. Does anyone know where the sensor that controlls this light is?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Edd

[JC]

searchy function  theres many a thread on this

basics first though, wot oil filter you got ?

[rubjonny]

its a pressure warning, if it comes on at idle then your oil is getting a bit thin when hot or the pump is starting to die.  however if the idle drops much below 900rpm it can trigger it as well, since the pump is driven by the engine!

[edd16v]

Oil filter is from halfords and has been on there for aroung 6 months with no problems.

[danny_p]

put vw filter on and change oil if still problem drop sump change oil pump and clean pickup

[Conker]

As per the guys comments above, I had this when I first bought my golf and an oil change, a genuine VW filter and a quick adjustment to the idle setting sorted it all out.

[sidecarphil]

my 8v does it from time to time as well but will try a genuine filter and new oil

what grade oil do you recomend

[Conker]

what grade oil do you recomend

10 40 semi-synth.

Buy it from a motor factors - much cheaper. E.g. Fuchs.

[sidecarphil]

if 5w30 is ok too it is free from the garage i work in 

[danny_p]

5-30  may well be sub optimal once put 10-30 in a gti as had lots of it  and it was not inpressed