I started my car this morning in my driveway after it sat for 3 days and within 15 seconds of starting my oil light started blinking and beeping. I panicked and turned the car off. (I just assume if an oil light goes off its telling me "STOP")
I checked the motor and the undercarriage for oil spray and I didn't see any, nor is there any sign of leaking oil on my skidplate. The oil level is a little lower than it was a week ago when I checked it, but not significantly.
From my research here it seems like to properly diagnose this I need to do an oil pressure test. It sounds like this issue could just be the oil pressure sensor, however, it could also be an oil pressure problem which will cook the engine quick. (according to this thread). http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=334289
I live 3 hours from the nearest guru so taking it to a guru would mean a 3 hour tow, or a 3 hour drive, I'm not going to do the drive if I'm in question about this (hell I'm not going to do a 30 second drive). Is this something that with the right tools, I could accomplish myself? I did some searching and didn't find anything about how to do it, maybe I missed it?
My last thought is this, from talking with a friend who owned a tdi for several years, he said had this happen to him when the car would sit for several days in cold weather, and he would assume that the oil drained from the heads, and that it was never an issue for him. How plausible is this, as this is my exact situation.
I checked the motor and the undercarriage for oil spray and I didn't see any, nor is there any sign of leaking oil on my skidplate. The oil level is a little lower than it was a week ago when I checked it, but not significantly.
From my research here it seems like to properly diagnose this I need to do an oil pressure test. It sounds like this issue could just be the oil pressure sensor, however, it could also be an oil pressure problem which will cook the engine quick. (according to this thread). http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=334289
I live 3 hours from the nearest guru so taking it to a guru would mean a 3 hour tow, or a 3 hour drive, I'm not going to do the drive if I'm in question about this (hell I'm not going to do a 30 second drive). Is this something that with the right tools, I could accomplish myself? I did some searching and didn't find anything about how to do it, maybe I missed it?
My last thought is this, from talking with a friend who owned a tdi for several years, he said had this happen to him when the car would sit for several days in cold weather, and he would assume that the oil drained from the heads, and that it was never an issue for him. How plausible is this, as this is my exact situation.
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