Hi Gents and Ladies,
I have a very weird issue on my Polo. On Monday while driving my oil light started flashing with a beeping sound. It did this for about 20 seconds and then stopped. I pulled into the nearest garage to check the oil and it was fine. Drive around the rest of the Monday and Tuesday with no issues. This morning the same issue. Occurred for about 10 seconds and then stopped again. Drove around the whole day no problems. This evening drove again and it did the same except the beeping stopped but the light kept flashing for about 2kms until I stopped at a traffic light. I switched of the car for about 5 seconds restarted and the light did not come on again. Drove 10kms home with no issues.
Is this a serious issue. Could it just be the switch acting up? Could it be the oil pump? What are the cost of replacing both?
Car has about 180000kms on the clock. Oil and filter was changed about 6 months ago.
Many thanks in advance!
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2006 VW Polo 1.6 Oil alarm beep and light flashing randomly
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Re: 2006 VW Polo 1.6 Oil alarm beep and light flashing randomly
Oil sender unit just under the coil pack GW stocks it
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Also check if plug is pushed in deep oil sender Brown in color
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Thanks for the feedback Carel. Ill check it out and if necessary replace. Will keep you posted!Carel040 wrote:Also check if plug is pushed in deep oil sender Brown in color
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Hi, some feedback.
So i replaced the oil sensor this 2 weekends ago. Drained the oil, replaced the oil filter and put new oil. All went well that Monday but on Tuesday morning the same happened. For about 5 seconds and went off again. Drove the whole day and it did it again about twice. The rest if the week it was fine. This Saturday past it happened again. This time the light kept going for about 2 minutes. I stopped. Switched of the car and was ok. Drove the whole of Sunday and Monday no problems and today again.
What can it be?
The car runs 100%. Hasn't lost any power. No noises in the engine etc.
Surely if there was a problem with oil pressure it wouldn't happen so intermittently.? I want to sell the car but would like to resolve the issue first.
Any info would be appreciated.
Tx
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So i replaced the oil sensor this 2 weekends ago. Drained the oil, replaced the oil filter and put new oil. All went well that Monday but on Tuesday morning the same happened. For about 5 seconds and went off again. Drove the whole day and it did it again about twice. The rest if the week it was fine. This Saturday past it happened again. This time the light kept going for about 2 minutes. I stopped. Switched of the car and was ok. Drove the whole of Sunday and Monday no problems and today again.
What can it be?
The car runs 100%. Hasn't lost any power. No noises in the engine etc.
Surely if there was a problem with oil pressure it wouldn't happen so intermittently.? I want to sell the car but would like to resolve the issue first.
Any info would be appreciated.
Tx
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Hi first what oil did u use .secondly did u do a sump service yet
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Hi Carel,
Tx for the reply
Oil is Helix HX 5 15W-40
Never done a Sump Service. What does this consist of?
Regards
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Tx for the reply
Oil is Helix HX 5 15W-40
Never done a Sump Service. What does this consist of?
Regards
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Re: 2006 VW Polo 1.6 Oil alarm beep and light flashing randomly
Could also be a semi broken cable, can be a cluster issue, can be many things. Get a mechanical gauge on there with a T by your electrical sensor. Next time it starts flashing see if there is actually a drop in oil pressure. If not it is an electrical fault.
I'll say it again for the upteenth time this week. Randomly replacing and doing stuff is no replacement for proper diagnostics.
That is how you waste money and time. Check the oil pressure and KNOW. Don't take off sumps and stuff because it might be.
I'll say it again for the upteenth time this week. Randomly replacing and doing stuff is no replacement for proper diagnostics.
That is how you waste money and time. Check the oil pressure and KNOW. Don't take off sumps and stuff because it might be.
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'13 VW CC 2l tdi (repair project)
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Perfect Power dealer. I do dyno tuning.