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Ashley
Number of posts : 1165 Age : 35 Location : Soham Drives : Vento 1.9TDi Registration date : 2008-07-12
| Subject: Whats this and should it be oily? Sat May 30 2009, 12:16 | |
| Hey, can anyone tell me what this is and why it would have oil coming out of it? Recently my engine has been leaking oil a lot, about half a litre a week, and i think this is the culprit. It's to the left of the spark plug leads, is it some kind of sensor? Is it a case of getting a new one, or is it just a gasket/washer around it which may have corroded? cheers Ash | |
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Dan34
Number of posts : 1409 Age : 34 Location : Wisbech Drives : DC5 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Sat May 30 2009, 12:19 | |
| i could be wrong but i think it may be an oil temp sensor or something similiar Dan | |
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Tiz
Number of posts : 3773 Age : 35 Location : Wimblington nr March - Cambs Drives : myself mental Registration date : 2008-01-28
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Sat May 30 2009, 13:02 | |
| oil pressure sensor mate, get a new one they go dodgy over time and leak oil out, a new one will fix your problems, try and get a VW one for about £15 i think they are as the GSF ones are shockingly bad. | |
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gtv
Number of posts : 110 Location : Nr March Registration date : 2009-01-07
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Sat May 30 2009, 15:49 | |
| I had the same problem on the Ibiza, its the oil pressure switch, ours when like yours and had a small leak from it, easy to replace and all will be fine | |
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Ashley
Number of posts : 1165 Age : 35 Location : Soham Drives : Vento 1.9TDi Registration date : 2008-07-12
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Sat May 30 2009, 20:42 | |
| You lads, are awesome. I'll get on it this week. The amount of apparent crap I've had from this is nuts, even to the point of if i break sharp oil spills onto the exhaust below and stinks the car out Should this be obvious on VAGCOM too? cheers | |
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Tiz
Number of posts : 3773 Age : 35 Location : Wimblington nr March - Cambs Drives : myself mental Registration date : 2008-01-28
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Sat May 30 2009, 20:57 | |
| nah it wouldnt come up on vag com at all. | |
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gtv
Number of posts : 110 Location : Nr March Registration date : 2009-01-07
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Sun May 31 2009, 07:08 | |
| as above we had no fault codes stored, but the switch did start to play up in the end and the oil light would come on at low revs, once you get to 1.5k it would go off. | |
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Ashley
Number of posts : 1165 Age : 35 Location : Soham Drives : Vento 1.9TDi Registration date : 2008-07-12
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Sun May 31 2009, 08:06 | |
| The oil light hasn't started to go on yet, so it couldn't be too bad. It's just annoying needing to keep topping half a litre up every week or so lol | |
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Lupton_20vt
Number of posts : 6815 Age : 34 Registration date : 2009-02-01
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Ashley
Number of posts : 1165 Age : 35 Location : Soham Drives : Vento 1.9TDi Registration date : 2008-07-12
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Sun May 31 2009, 20:25 | |
| - Lupton_20vt wrote:
- Ashley wrote:
- The oil light hasn't started to go on yet, so it couldn't be too bad. It's just annoying needing to keep topping half a litre up every week or so lol
hope you get it sorted ash didnt have chance to say on friday but the golf looks mint Ahh cheers buddy, didnt get a chance to speak to you either. The car is by no means mint; has 2 crapped up wings, a ton of scratches and isn't any where near low enough lol Whens your car going to be ready to come to a meet? | |
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Lupton_20vt
Number of posts : 6815 Age : 34 Registration date : 2009-02-01
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Sun May 31 2009, 21:15 | |
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Ashley
Number of posts : 1165 Age : 35 Location : Soham Drives : Vento 1.9TDi Registration date : 2008-07-12
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Mon Jun 01 2009, 07:42 | |
| lol i guess it has character yeah. i saw the ninja yeah, must be a lot cheaper than the golf to run? cant wait to see it | |
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Lupton_20vt
Number of posts : 6815 Age : 34 Registration date : 2009-02-01
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Ashley
Number of posts : 1165 Age : 35 Location : Soham Drives : Vento 1.9TDi Registration date : 2008-07-12
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Lupton_20vt
Number of posts : 6815 Age : 34 Registration date : 2009-02-01
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Mon Jun 01 2009, 09:50 | |
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Dan34
Number of posts : 1409 Age : 34 Location : Wisbech Drives : DC5 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Mon Jun 01 2009, 13:20 | |
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max
Number of posts : 2945 Age : 34 Location : linton, cambs Drives : Mk4 GT TDI Registration date : 2009-02-09
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Mon Jun 01 2009, 13:47 | |
| not at all i chatted to loads of people i hadnt met before. the only thing that makes it awkward is the people that just got there and then sat in their cars | |
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Dan34
Number of posts : 1409 Age : 34 Location : Wisbech Drives : DC5 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: Whats this and should it be oily? Mon Jun 01 2009, 16:44 | |
| - max wrote:
- not at all i chatted to loads of people i hadnt met before. the only thing that makes it awkward is the people that just got there and then sat in their cars
haha sounds like me! , then again i was tackling a large kebab half the night Dan | |
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