MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: joigunni22 on March 18, 2014, 12:11:30 pm

Title: oil light won't come on
Post by: joigunni22 on March 18, 2014, 12:11:30 pm

i recently bought a golf gti 30 edition and it just came out of service the other day , but the guy in the workshop didn't do it quite right and all the oil leaked out. ... but what scares me the most is that the low oil light in the dashboard didnt turn on though there was almost no oil on the engine.
have you any idea what this could be?

Title: Re: oil light won't come on
Post by: richtung on March 18, 2014, 12:34:29 pm

errrr, the question I would be asking is "how the hell did the "mechanic" mess up a relatively simple oil change?!?!?"

Rich

Title: Re: oil light won't come on
Post by: vRSAlex on March 18, 2014, 12:47:22 pm

When you say wasn't any in there, how much oil did it need to full it up again?

Title: Re: oil light won't come on
Post by: joigunni22 on March 18, 2014, 01:12:12 pm

i am not sure it went back to the shop and they change the oil again, but i took a look at the dipstick and there wasn't any oil on it , not even at minimum.

Title: Re: oil light won't come on
Post by: Tortaruga on March 18, 2014, 02:04:06 pm

Unbelievable. The level sensor may be faulty.

Title: Re: oil light won't come on
Post by: xjay1337 on March 18, 2014, 02:37:44 pm

You can measure oil level with VCDS (it measures in MM) mine is around 54mm when full.

So check it that way to ensure level sensor is not faulty..

Title: Re: oil light won't come on
Post by: joigunni22 on March 18, 2014, 02:45:44 pm

Quote from: Tortaruga on March 18, 2014, 02:04:06 pm

Unbelievable. The level sensor may be faulty.

it was connected to a computer by the dealer and it shows no errors ...wouldn't i see if the sensor is faulty when the car is connected to a computer ?

Title: Re: oil light won't come on
Post by: joigunni22 on March 18, 2014, 02:49:43 pm

Quote from: xjay1337 on March 18, 2014, 02:37:44 pm

You can measure oil level with VCDS (it measures in MM) mine is around 54mm when full.

So check it that way to ensure level sensor is not faulty..

i am quite sure the dealer did it and they told me their was no errors

Title: Re: oil light won't come on
Post by: biffobear on March 18, 2014, 04:05:20 pm

What kind of monkeys do they employ nowadays, was the car running when the oil leaked, if so may have caused expensive damage to crankshaft bearings

Title: Re: oil light won't come on
Post by: Scooby mic on March 18, 2014, 04:22:41 pm

Bulb?

Title: Re: oil light won't come on
Post by: xjay1337 on March 18, 2014, 06:03:19 pm

It would have to be very low to cause the sensor to off. It would be well off the bottom of the stick if it did...

Title: Re: oil light won't come on
Post by: greygti on March 18, 2014, 06:48:53 pm

What sort of amateurs did the said oil change ? I certainly wouldn't be going back there lol