Blackjedi
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2014
- Location
- NE corner of WA state (Kettle Falls)
- TDI
- 2000 jetta 5 speed 1.9 alh tdi
our county did an awful job re grading the dirt road i live on and stirred up huge rocks and didnt bother to remove them and i ended up smacking the oil pan with one. Wasnt a real loud smack when i had hit it on the way back to my house and Didnt think much of it as a rock being hit once in a while just happens where i live. I go out in the morning about 10 hours later fire up the car and start slowly driving down my dirt road, oil pressure light came on briefly then went off, knew something was odd right there, turned around and it came on really briefly again but went off, Immidietly parked it and looked underneath it to see the oil pan having a small crack and dripping oil. A new oil pan is on the way. Im curious if there is a good chance that the engine or turbo might be fried, no odd noises or anything and the car was driven maybe 200 yards total, idiot light only came on for roughly 3-5 seconds each time before shutting off. Im hoping it will be fine, but im in canada 2-3 times a week and would rather not go through the hassle of having the turbo or something blow while i am there. Should i be freaking out or should i just relax since it wasnt ran hard and the oil light was only on briefly and then went out? Car is a 2000 alh tdi 5 speed with about 280k miles on it.