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Re: Polo oil warning light
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Re: Polo oil warning light -
07-27-2003
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Last year (5000 miles ago) my wife's Polo 1.4 CL suddenly showed a flashing oil lamp and audible warning. I was told by the garage (it happened when she was 200 miles away!) that the problem was a faulty oil pressure switch. Same warning happened today. It's under warranty and I assume it will be sorted on that basis. However I wondered if these switches are likely to fail on such a regular basis or if there's the possibility of something else that wasn't properly sorted last time? You see, I just checked the security of the clip holding the wires onto a sensor on the bottom right side of the engine (over the gearbox cover I think), and it did seem to "click" ever so slightly into position - and after that no oil warning, no siren blaring... More generally, the oil level is fine and the car leads a fairly gentle life with the odd long run. Thanks, Jim |
out somewhere along its length, this will give you the symptoms you
describe.
Most common places for this are at the engine end, and on one of the many
dashboard brackets behind the cluster. They can be a right PITA to track
down.....
HTH
Anthony
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"Jim" <oaknet (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:4678ivo9tos07a1aiift6tdfguccljbvn7 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... Last year (5000 miles ago) my wife's Polo 1.4 CL suddenly showed a flashing oil lamp and audible warning. I was told by the garage (it happened when she was 200 miles away!) that the problem was a faulty oil pressure switch. Same warning happened today. It's under warranty and I assume it will be sorted on that basis. However I wondered if these switches are likely to fail on such a regular basis or if there's the possibility of something else that wasn't properly sorted last time? You see, I just checked the security of the clip holding the wires onto a sensor on the bottom right side of the engine (over the gearbox cover I think), and it did seem to "click" ever so slightly into position - and after that no oil warning, no siren blaring... More generally, the oil level is fine and the car leads a fairly gentle life with the odd long run. Thanks, Jim If the wire from the oil pressure switch has rubbed through and is earthing out somewhere along its length, this will give you the symptoms you describe. Most common places for this are at the engine end, and on one of the many dashboard brackets behind the cluster. They can be a right PITA to track down..... HTH Anthony Remove eight from email to reply. |
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Something I do these days, when the engine is coled, is to spary all electrical connections in the engine compartment with WD40 and keep it up annually. Could save all sort of problems with corrosion etc. |
express purpose of preventing corrosion. WD40 might well wash this out.
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RIP Acorn
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In article <bg1f8l$885$2 (AT) news7 (DOT) svr.pol.co.uk>, R. Murphy <news_spam (AT) murphy00 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote: Something I do these days, when the engine is coled, is to spary all electrical connections in the engine compartment with WD40 and keep it up annually. Could save all sort of problems with corrosion etc. Many cars use silicone grease in their connectors these days for the express purpose of preventing corrosion. WD40 might well wash this out. -- *Who are these kids and why are they calling me Mom? Dave Plowman dave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk London SW 12 RIP Acorn |
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"Dave Plowman" <dave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:4c18cd3ad0dave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk... Many cars use silicone grease in their connectors these days for the express purpose of preventing corrosion. WD40 might well wash this out. Silly question, but - how can you tell? |
FWIW, I wouldn't use WD40 for *anything* electrical on a car - there are
products designed specifically for the job which are far better.
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Dave Plowman dave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk London SW 12
RIP Acorn
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*Arkansas State Motto: Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Laugh. |
though some have suggested "If you can keep it in your pants, keep it in
the family".
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Skipweasel:- There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you
want it to.
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