Re: Corsa oil problem

#1

A.Clews (AT) DENTURESsussex (DOT) ac.uk wrote:

Quote:

My GF has just texted me to say that her S-reg Corsa's oil light keeps coming on, even though she has just added some more oil.
Could this indicate a failing/failed oil pump?

Yes.

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If not, what else?

Catastrophic oil leak.
Faulty oil pressure sensor
GF adding oil to wrong hole in engine ;-)

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This is only so that I can impress her when I get home :-)

Good luck. Suggesting the third item on my list may not impress her
though...

Ian
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Ian Riches
Bedford, UK

#2

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:34:58 +0000, A.Clews wrote:

Quote:

My GF has just texted me to say that her S-reg Corsa's oil light keeps
coming on, even though she has just added some more oil. Could this
indicate a failing/failed oil pump? If not, what else?

This is only so that I can impress her when I get home :-)

If she ran it low enough on oil that the oil pressure warning light came
on for any length of time, knackered big end/main bearings/crankshaft are
possibilities...

Chris

--
Remove prejudice to reply.

#3

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:47:02 +0100, Chris Whelan
<cawhelan (AT) prejudicentlworld (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:34:58 +0000, A.Clews wrote:

My GF has just texted me to say that her S-reg Corsa's oil light keeps
coming on, even though she has just added some more oil. Could this
indicate a failing/failed oil pump? If not, what else?

This is only so that I can impress her when I get home :-)

If she ran it low enough on oil that the oil pressure warning light came
on for any length of time, knackered big end/main bearings/crankshaft are
possibilities...

Chris

But being a Corsa it could just be the oil pressure release valve on the
pump needs cleaning/new spring. Checking the dipstick is the 1st port of
call though.

#4

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:57:52 +0100, Duncan Wood wrote:

Quote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:47:02 +0100, Chris Whelan
cawhelan (AT) prejudicentlworld (DOT) com> wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:34:58 +0000, A.Clews wrote:

My GF has just texted me to say that her S-reg Corsa's oil light keeps
coming on, even though she has just added some more oil. Could this
indicate a failing/failed oil pump? If not, what else?

This is only so that I can impress her when I get home :-)

If she ran it low enough on oil that the oil pressure warning light
came on for any length of time, knackered big end/main
bearings/crankshaft are possibilities...

Chris

But being a Corsa it could just be the oil pressure release valve on the
pump needs cleaning/new spring. Checking the dipstick is the 1st port of
call though.

Checking the dipstick *before*the light comes on, of course!

Chris

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Remove prejudice to reply.

#5

In message <hbna3u$qu9$1 (AT) news (DOT) eternal-september.org>, Ian Riches
<ianriches (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> writes

Quote:

Catastrophic oil leak.
Faulty oil pressure sensor
GF adding oil to wrong hole in engine ;-)

This is only so that I can impress her when I get home :-)

Good luck. Suggesting the third item on my list may not impress her
though...
Hehe, the boyfriend of a girl I worked with tried to impress her by

topping up the oil in her car, apparently it took about 9 litres before
it was topped up enough, that is, until he could see the oil level
through the filler in the rocker cover. It's not just women that do
stupid things with cars.

Quote:

Ian

--
Clint Sharp

#6

In article <hbn9n2$fkk$1 (AT) south (DOT) jnrs.ja.net>,
A.Clews (AT) DENTURESsussex (DOT) ac.uk says...

Quote:

My GF has just texted me to say that her S-reg Corsa's oil light keeps coming on, even though she has just added some more oil.
Could this indicate a failing/failed oil pump? If not, what else?

This is only so that I can impress her when I get home :-)

It depends on how much oil she added and where it was on the dipstick
when she finished. If it was virtually empty, a litre isn't going to
make much difference.

--
Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.

#7

..ac.uk says...

Quote:

My GF has just texted me to say that her S-reg Corsa's oil light keeps
coming on, even though she has just added some more oil.
Could this indicate a failing/failed oil pump? If not, what else?

This is only so that I can impress her when I get home :-)

It depends on how much oil she added and where it was on the dipstick
when she finished. If it was virtually empty, a litre isn't going to
make much difference.

That I don't know, but will find out later. I may have to demonstrate
the
correct way to use a dipstick. ;-) [that's enough double entendres - ed.]

My cousin has a similar plated corsa with one of the 3 pot engines, a
problem he had as the oil light flicking on randomly. Fault was a leaking
oil pressure sensor (front of engine left hand side IIRC, cost about £4 from
autovaux.

Kip

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