Jim bob Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum thing but anyway, I have a 52 plate seat arosa 1L, it recently lost power so I took it to the garage and they said it was the spark plugs so they replaced them and all was good, then a day or 2 later my oil light started flashing, but it only starts when u go over 2000 rpm and it beeps 3 times then start flashing, but it seems to run fine, anyone have any idea? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Check you oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim bob Posted May 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Have done mate, oil is full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Oil pressure switch could require changing. No leaks are there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim bob Posted May 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Nope no leaks mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Ah welcome to the nightmare of the mysterious flashing oil light (insert ghostly noise) But anyway with all seriousness I have a 1 litre se with the same problem, tends to happen when dropping from 60+mph most commonly, to this date I haven't found a cure after more than 12 months of search and the seat garage having it, it may be several things, the switch, the type of oil used, this was more like treacle than oil, stick some good fully synth in it helps, it may be the oil pump in the sump, but the garage did say drop the sump and there is a gauze that looks like the millennium falcon, that gets crapped up, take it off and clean it, it filters the pipe going to the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Ah welcome to the nightmare of the mysterious flashing oil light (insert ghostly noise) But anyway with all seriousness I have a 1 litre se with the same problem, tends to happen when dropping from 60+mph most commonly, to this date I haven't found a cure after more than 12 months of search and the seat garage having it, it may be several things, the switch, the type of oil used, this was more like treacle than oil, stick some good fully synth in it helps, it may be the oil pump in the sump, but the garage did say drop the sump and there is a gauze that looks like the millennium falcon, that gets crapped up, take it off and clean it, it filters the pipe going to the head.Did you flush yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patronu Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 I've been through this and the only explanation I have is that vw's suggested oil to use is way too thin to properly lubricate our petrol engines, thus wearing out the "revolutionary" alloys used in manufacturing after a short amount of mileage. Does anyone believe that vw would have had such enormous incomes if they made bullet proof engines like in the old days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 I did not flush it no... Yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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