Hi guys,
Bought a MK5 GTI which was advertised as spares or repairs to go alongside my Edition 30 as a second car. Long story short, the reason the car was advertised as faulty was due to the oil pressure light coming on for the previous owner around 6 months ago. He advised he stopped instantly and had the car towed to a garage who told him the oil pump is a bit tired however it still works, just advisable to change in the near future. He then purchased a balance shaft delete kit and a 1.8t oil pump however he had no funds to have these fitted and included them in the sale.
Anyway, I took the risk of buying it fairly cheap... He advised me he’d been using the car since the first incident and it’s been fine so I decided to drive it home.
Around an hour in to the drive, lo and behold the oil pressure warning light came on followed by a loud ticking. I pulled over within 10 seconds, turned the car off and had it recovered home. In total it was running for probably 20 seconds with the ticking/pressure light.
I haven’t started the car since. I have the intentions of taking it to a garage to have the 1.8 oil pump he provided fitted however I’m a bit worried the engine is toast and there’s no point in wasting money on fitting the pump. Anyone have any idea as to what I should do next... just looking for some opinions, is it best to have a garage look at it or is there some other way to determine if the engines finished?
Many thanks in advance
