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Offline Markweir12

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Oil light
« on: March 05, 2015, 08:52:54 am »
Hi,

Yellow oil light came on this morning for me. Always checked level etc but when I finally got to pull over, the cap was full of gunk and so was the dipstick?

The car is my daily and gets driven to and from work and I give it a fair blip too.

Whats broken?
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Offline AndyBrown

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Re: Oil light
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2015, 09:19:05 am »
People have had this due to the cold weather but it's mainly people who do short journeys.
How's your coolant level?
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2015, 09:53:29 am »
Coolant level is fine.

I do short journeys to work and back everyday and to the gym.

How do I get the light to go off then?
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2015, 10:00:12 am »
The gunk will probably be caused by the short journeys it's condensation.
Take the car out for a good drive it might sort itself out.

I would hang about to see if anyone else can shed some light, I'm not an expert that info is from stuff I've read on other threads on here  :happy2:

Probably worth getting it scanned to see if there is any faults there, where are you based?
Have a look on this link and see if there's someone near to you.

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,88875.0.html
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2015, 12:24:52 pm »
I believe the oil light is oil pressure, so if the oil level is ok, it might be not getting up to pressure correctly.

If that's the case i would say don't drive it, low oil pressure is as bad as having low oil, as it needs the pressure to correctly move around the engine.

I take it u've had a look around the engine for leakingness.
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2015, 12:27:46 pm »
Car was on ramp yesterday getting the turbo studs replaced to the downpipe.

Work are gonna do another oil chance and run the diagnostics on it to check the issue
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2015, 12:37:13 pm »
Kool, well fingers crossed it's some thing simple, like a cable plug left off.
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2015, 04:32:54 pm »
If it was oil pressure it would have a red light and not amber. (Amber is level) My golf showed an amber light once so i opened and closed the bonnet and it's never came on since...
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2015, 04:39:19 pm »
Pick up pipe blocked/clogged in sump
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2015, 05:31:40 pm »
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2015, 05:33:49 pm »
Oil was slightly topped up in garage today - light has gone off.

Gonna take it for a rip tonight and hope the gunk clears itself :)

Will I need to replace the pick up or just clean it.
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2015, 05:44:29 pm »
Quote from: Markweir12 on March 05, 2015, 05:33:49 pm
Oil was slightly topped up in garage today - light has gone off.

Gonna take it for a rip tonight and hope the gunk clears itself :)

Will I need to replace the pick up or just clean it.

I wouldn't be doing any ripping until you've cleaned the pickup pipe.
Depending how dirty the pipe is it's quicker just to replace it!
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2015, 06:48:28 pm »
Well he said it was the level light and not the pressure light?
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2015, 06:53:00 pm »
It's a common problem just google it - plenty people have been lucky and undertaken the repair just in time which if ignored is an expensive repair!
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Re: Oil light
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2015, 06:57:43 pm »
Right fair shout.

Will get onto it asap then! Not had the car lomg either!
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