Electrical or Oil Problem--or both?

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jft7032

Discussion Starter · Apr 12, 2014

Red check oil icon flashes and sounds three times but only when I slow to 15MPH, never when I'm driving; oil level fine. That's happened the first time in the the last week but the slowing-blinking oil light and 3 beeps sequence now happening more regularly.

Related? Yesterday only the turn signal (left) blinking/sound was twice the speed normally; lasted only for about 3 minutes of intown driving and quit; hasn't repeated today (yet).

Anyone out there with a magic VW wand?

Joseph

2000 VW 2.0, 136k miles--and otherwise doing great.

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billymade

· #2 · Apr 12, 2014

This thread should be helpful; I would scan the car for trouble codes and remove the oil pressure switch and hook up a oil pressure gauge to confirm the oil pressure is ok.

http://newbeetle.org/forums/1-8-liter-turbo/60604-intermittent-oil-pressure-light.html

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jft7032

Discussion Starter · #3 · Apr 12, 2014

Thank you, Billymade, for the quick response and link. Joseph

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fastdustin

· #4 · Apr 12, 2014

low oil pressure most likely. My moms vw did something similar and the mechanic said it needed a pickup tube in the oil pan. I ran some seafoam in the oil and changed it twice within a 1000 miles. Ran a cheaper filter and synthetic oil but it did the trick. about a thousand miles later she cracked the oil pan pulling into a parking lot that had a huge hole in the ground. Mechanic replaced the pan and said the pickup tube looked good from the seafoam.

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esse10

· #5 · Apr 13, 2014

seafoam

fastdustin said:
low oil pressure most likely. My moms vw did something similar and the mechanic said it needed a pickup tube in the oil pan. I ran some seafoam in the oil and changed it twice within a 1000 miles. Ran a cheaper filter and synthetic oil but it did the trick. about a thousand miles later she cracked the oil pan pulling into a parking lot that had a huge hole in the ground. Mechanic replaced the pan and said the pickup tube looked good from the seafoam.

AAHHH...The wonderous lube of the GODS comes through again. I love that stuff. (SEAFOAM) LOL

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