MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Markweir12 on March 05, 2015, 08:52:54 am
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Kool, well fingers crossed it's some thing simple, like a cable plug left off.
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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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Pick up pipe blocked/clogged in sump
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+1 for the above
This is worth a read
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,68442.0.html
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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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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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Well he said it was the level light and not the pressure light?
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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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Right fair shout.
Will get onto it asap then! Not had the car lomg either!
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Yep just get sump off and change pick up pipe, think all oarts including replacement pipe and sump sealy stuff is about £45
Better safe than sorry
Ive been considering checking mine to be honest even though its not caused any bother im a little ocd with preventative maintainance :grin:
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The yellow light is nothing to do with oil pressure. Your oil level must have been low (was it?).
There's no need to drop the sump because of this.
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Oil level was just above minimum?
Seems fine after a topup now anyway :)