jayp Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Heya.After a bit of help guys... I bought an Arosa about a month ago as i was coming up to taking my driving test, used it for a bit of practice before doing so. Anyway, i passed and have now been using the Car daily, however.. the Oil Light flashes.. Its odd though.It comes on when i fire the car up (as it should) and goes out.. as it should.. It seems to come on after the car has been on a bit of a run. Like i went out today, about a 5 mile trip there and back and it came on about a mile from home. Thing is, it only comes on for about 2-3 seconds and then goes back off, then say another quarter mile down the road it comes on again, for another 3 secs and goes off again.. then it won't come on again. First few times it came on, i was quick to pull over and turn the engine off, check oil, then turn her back on again.. Everything is fine though! :[.. The light only comes on for those 3 secs though so before you have time to pull over and switch off, the bugger has already stopped flashing and gone.My Dad is a mechanic and we have so far, replaced the Oil Switch (the light seemed to come on even more with this one, so we went back to original which is actually working as it should), and yesterday.. took it to the garage. We had the sump off, checked the big ends for wear, there was a tiny bit but nothing to cause a problem.. we changed the Oil Pump (thought this was the problem) and then put her all back together, made sure she was all timed up properly etc and gave her some new oil.Thought this would fix it, but no it decided to come on AGAIN. as i said up there ^.Would appreciate any help you can give us, Thankyou.Just to add.. Dad has just asked me if it could be the Oil Pressure Relief Valve? (I dont have a clue what this is ), and hes wondering where it is?.Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblet Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Have you plugged it into diagnostic software at all to see if there are any lingering fault codes which could shed some light on the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Yes - what Treblet said has to be the first port of call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayp Posted June 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Arhh, Was hoping we wouldn't have to take it to Seat :[. Is this likely to cost a lot? Thanks for the help so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 You doent have to take it to Seat, most garages will be able to do it, where do you live, a few on here have VAGCOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayp Posted June 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 I live in Pembrokeshire, S. Wales. Have never heard of VAGCOM sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayp Posted July 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 All fixed we think!While we were changing the oil pump, we checked the oil filter.. looked fairly new so didn't replace it. Anyway.. when the light came back on, thought we'd change it just in case. So yeh, seems to be fine now . Have take her on a few long runs now, 30 or so miles each way etc and not even a flicker of the oil light !!. Will just keep an eye on it now this next week, but hopefully all sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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