oil light!

[mlr55]

Need help quick gents!!

Went to start the car and the orang flashing low oil light came on, i check the oil and i was low (school boy error!) so i have filled it up to the required level on the dipstick,let it all settle down but when i come to start the car i still have the warning light on, what should I do folks????

thanks Martin

[jonnyc]

Need help quick gents!!

Went to start the car and the orang flashing low oil light came on, i check the oil and i was low (school boy error!) so i have filled it up to the required level on the dipstick,let it all settle down but when i come to start the car i still have the warning light on, what should I do folks????

thanks Martin

Just so your aware, the oil light is not an oil level light as most people think, its an oil pressure alarm which means basically you have caused damage.. If its still on its because there is still low oil pressure.. Sorry if thats not what you want to hear..

Hope you get it sorted..

[mlr55]

So where do i stand with that then?what could be the possible damage and should i just get it off to the dealers?

[Top Cat]

Hi Bud nice meeting you today at the show.  

Jonny is spot on, all you can do is not drive it and get it checked out, with your fingers firmly crossed.  

[mlr55]

Nice to see you too! it had to happen today,i was off all week and now i start a new job on monday,no garage time.if u cant drive it how do i get it checked out????!!!!

[Top Cat]

Nice to see you too! it had to happen today,i was off all week and now i start a new job on monday,no garage time.if u cant drive it how do i get it checked out????!!!!

Where do you live. 

[mlr55]

Just of the M6 near Preston, iv been meaning to check the bloody oil aswell urgh! car has felt fine no other light on. strange

[cmdrfire]

Nice to see you too! it had to happen today,i was off all week and now i start a new job on monday,no garage time.if u cant drive it how do i get it checked out????!!!!

Get it towed to a dealer. Or get a friendly local to plug a VCDS into just to see what the error is.
There is a low oil light - I've never seen it - but it doesn't flash. Flashing implies badness.

[mlr55]

And i havent got a leak and the only message that came up was low oil warning if that helps??I have tried search on the net but their is so many random chats.

[Top Cat]

Just of the M6 near Preston, iv been meaning to check the bloody oil aswell urgh! car has felt fine no other light on. strange

First thing is to make sure you turn up for your new job on the first day. If it was me i would be ringing a Vag specialist that you know you can trust and let them tow it and get checked properly.  

[Tarmac_Terrorist]

You could consider calling out  AA / RAC / VW assist if you have cover. If they detect an issue then they will take it to your local dealer. Hope it's nothing too serious but better to play it safe 

[Andy]

not sure if the gti is the same as the tdi but my yellow warning light came on(week after it had been serviced at the dealers) when my tdi had only done 7500 miles-so i stopped at a garage but they didn't have long life oil in, only normal diesel oil,i rang the dealers to check if it would be ok to put that oil into the engine as i was 50 miles from home,i put some of the oil in & got it changed when i got to work have had no problems at all

[iainalpine]

MLR55, the light will be on due to the fault of the oil level. To switch it of without using a diag machine etc all you need to do is start the car, let it idle for a minute, switch it off, remove the keys from the ignition, open the drivers door, close the drivers door, arm the alarm, leave for a minute, disarm the alarm, open the drivers door, get in the car put the keys in the ignition, close the drivers door, start the car, let it idle for a minute then switch it off. do this a minimum of 3 times, its called "completing a drive cycle". Usually after the third complete drive cycle the fault code will be moved to a "past code" folder and after about 10 further drive cycles (just normal day to day driving) the code will be removed from the system.
All this will only work if the fault is no longer running "live".
Hope this helps

Iain

[andytran]

Just how low was the oil physically?

It could just be a faulty pressure switch. If the oil was ridiculously low, you would start to hear grumbling noises from the engine!

Dont panic just yet,

Andy

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Need help quick gents!!

Went to start the car and the orang flashing low oil light came on, i check the oil and i was low (school boy error!) so i have filled it up to the required level on the dipstick,let it all settle down but when i come to start the car i still have the warning light on, what should I do folks????

thanks Martin

Just so your aware, the oil light is not an oil level light as most people think, its an oil pressure alarm

Nope - that is just plain wrong.  The RED warning light is for the oil pressure, whereas the yellow/orange light is for the oil level!

which means basically you have caused damage.. If its still on its because there is still low oil pressure.. Sorry if thats not what you want to hear..

Even too low an oil level can still cause damage!