Thought I would share this!

[Len]

Did anybody know this or was I the last to find it out?

When your engine oil is low you get a beeping sound.

Truth!

happened to me a couple of times last week, but only if I was taking a corner fast like a roundabout.
Its quite a loud beeping and I couldnt fathom out where it came from!
So I asked Billy (my son-in-law) all he says is check your oil level. Sure enough it was off the stick!
 :embarassed:

[ToRo]

I had that during my oil leak... it's the pressure sender beeping, bloody piercing sound too!

[Agreeable Slick]

Yup it's a pressure sensor, there is a light on the dash too. It happens on mk2s also.

[Dom Mk3]

tut tut... now come on you should be checking your oil levels yourself!

[Overseer]

wow thats seriously bad!!

i can tell when my oil is getting low from the fact i can smell oil burning!  i've found that because of my driving technique (lol) i need to top oil up from just under the min marker on the dip stick to the max level every 3 months.


btw i know from when i had a leak that the same thing does happen with the coolant system.. there is a pressure sensor for that too which'll cut the engine and beep if the leak is 'sprung'.

[Neaty]

yea mine does that, hasnt done it in a while so it should be fine now.....touch wood

[Mk1Mad J - 16v]

If you ignore the beep it stops after a couple of weeks 

[Neaty]

it's too much of a painful noise to stand for more than 15 seconds!

[Mk1Mad J - 16v]

it's too much of a painful noise to stand for more than 15 seconds!

Nah, crank up some banging teckno and it'll be nothing more than background noise 


(MK1MADJ Would like to point out that ignoring the beep is not a good idea really - the engine blew a couple of weeks after the beeps stopped - fair play to the dub though it went for about a month with no oil)

[Neaty]

^^^ 

A colleague of mine did the opposite, put too much oil in their company car focus, the sensor must of been faulty coz the oil light kept coming on so they kept putting more oil in so it seazed!