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Good morning. I own a polo gti 1.8t 2008. 9n shape. My oil pressure light came on and stayed blinking than my car sounded rowdy and loud like a truck. And cut out. It doesn't want to start now. But it's still swinging and gives off little puffs from exhausted like a mini backfire. Or no compression. U car is at the mechanic at moment. Waiting for feed back
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Would it be my oil pump failure. And / or. Could I have bent my.valves ?
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Eina , Should've not tried starting after the first sign of failure.

Either your oil pump packed up or the oil pickup is clogged(very common on these motors)

Sump will need to come off , assess pickup , if pickup is clean then your pump packed up
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That engine is probably fffffked. Keep us updated. Good Luck.
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You won't have bent valves no. That the good news. The bad news is that the crank and rods are most likely toast.
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Head still good. Oil pick up blocked and pump failed. They haven't given me feed back on the rest yet
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Not a fault of the pickup but rather a lack of regular oil services and in a few cases , too much gasket sealer/maker when reinstalling the sump , even seen a case where silicone was used, ended up in the pickup and that was the end of the motor.

As sensitive as the pickup is , It's one of the reasons why I would never use Castrol oil in my car due to sludge build , I've been doing 10k Shell Helix HX8 oil services and never had an oil issue to date.

Goodluck with the repair
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My services are done .by an rmi approved workshop. And I still have an extended mechanical break down motor warranty. My oil change service is due next month only. And.my oil level is perfect km 170 000šŸ˜
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Happy days , No reason to dispute your claim :hurray:

I reckon a sump service would've avoided this instance however it's not part of the service schedule, Consider it going forward.
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Even an rmi approved workshop can choose a bad oil to use.
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True story.
Buddy of mine had his Leon FR serviced at a RMI shop, also due to warranty.
They were using kak oil and sludge cost him a motor. BWA motors are not cheap to fix.
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:iagree:

I don't trust the oil used by certain RMI workshop's & dealers.
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Update. Block is good and all parts oil pump foked. The head has gone in for testing. The cam key way was sheered off
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Indi oil perhaps?
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Bent 6 valves, 10 valve seals , cam burnt and discolored, sheered key way off cam so head seized while crank carried on. Block setup is still good .. Warranty **** me around for like 2 months because my exhaust was decatted . So they canceled my policy due to a modification. But exhaust was done before I bought the car got receipt as proof so fighting them but ombudsman group take for ever to do ****, so I payed R12900 to have my head redone and a cam conversion kit put on new valves and seals and oil pump ..
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Yoh, thatā€™s not nice. Hope you get some help from ombudsman.
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