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Offline 01664gti

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flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« 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

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Offline rubjonny

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Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #1 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
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Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #2 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???
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Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #3 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!
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Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: 12 April 2011, 17:03 »
An airline is good for blowing stuff out as well.

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Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: 12 April 2011, 17:08 »
Blocked pick up is very common.
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Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: 12 April 2011, 18:12 »
cheers guys ill let you know what i find
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Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: 12 April 2011, 18:48 »
Hopefully not what I found in mine, the plastic baffle all mushed up and clogging everything.

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Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #8 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:
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Re: flashing oil light and buzzing buzzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #9 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
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