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Oil light STOP indication.
« on: February 06, 2015, 03:35:58 pm »
Well

I was driving along,heading into work when i had the OIL light come on and STOP on my dash. Coasted into a car park and shut down. Opened the bonnet, coolant was good....opened oil cap............GUNK!!! Instant thoughts...Head gasket!!!

Spoke to a local garage (50 metres away luckly) he said leave car over night if i can, check oil level and coolant level. if good then i could limp it into garage. He said he thinks may be the oil pick up pipe.

Expecting the worse i thought F**ked engine!! However i am glad to say, OIL pick up pipe was clogged, so a good engine flush, sump off, super clean and change of oil, car is fixed £180 and so much quieter.

So lucky i guess and very good garage tbh :)  :notworthy:
05 GTI 5 Door, sunroof, met paint, 18" monza, Leather Anthacite, front centre armrest, xenon headlights, Lux pack 2, Sensors, Winter Pack.

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Re: Oil light STOP indication.
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2015, 03:46:40 pm »
This isn't unheard of with the 2.0 TFSI engine, several people have reported the same thing. I'm starting to pencil it into my stage 2+ plans along with a full inlet clean too, just to make sure that engine doesn't kill itself when turned up to 12.

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Re: Oil light STOP indication.
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2015, 04:46:39 pm »
Yeah the garage guy said he has now seen a few :(
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Re: Oil light STOP indication.
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2015, 04:49:07 pm »