oil light

**lapat** · 13th September 2005, 23:54

i recentley took a trip in the car and i do drive it hard and i booted it up a motorway slip road to beat a trunk in the slow lane and my oil warning signal came on so i pulled up and shut the engine down waited a few mins and the dip stick was showing full anybody any ideas as the light went off and its not come on since,i know some of you may be thinking it the engine was cold but id just done 140 miles

**Jamie** · 14th September 2005, 10:00

Could be due to sudden acceleration up hill..... slooshed the oil to the rear of the sump away from the sensor..... was it the oil level warning or the oil pressure warning??

**lapat** · 15th September 2005, 00:21

oil level warning

**Gsi3.2** · 15th September 2005, 07:35

If it was the level sensor, get it booked in to have the sensor checked. As far as I know the sump's are baffled to stop cornering surges.... If the level is good then I think it must be electrical.

**TimK** · 14th November 2009, 00:52

I have an 08 1.8 with 35,000 miles. Today I was driving in heavy(ish) rain, and the oil level warning light came on. I pulled over, turned the engine off and on but it stayed on. I checked the level and it was just below max. When I restarted it was off and so far has stayed off. Could this just have been due to the rain getting in somewhere and/or could it be important?

**mattv6diesel** · 14th November 2009, 01:03

Originally Posted by lapat

i recentley took a trip in the car and i do drive it hard and i booted it up a motorway slip road to beat a trunk in the slow lane and my oil warning signal came on so i pulled up and shut the engine down waited a few mins and the dip stick was showing full anybody any ideas as the light went off and its not come on since,i know some of you may be thinking it the engine was cold but id just done 140 miles

vx has a sps flash program where their is option for vehicles having trouble with the level warning