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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:02 pm
by inder
I think if the light is flashing = bad news, stop driving car, call for recovery to garage
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:14 pm
by JWC
I hope it really hasn't suffered oil starvation.
The engine should stop automatically when the oil pressure sender gets lack of oil. Running without oil pressure always causes irreversable damage. I reckon a given engine gets about 1000 turns without oil before it never turns again.
Lets hope its a pressure sender glitch.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:15 pm
by JWC
laura_fairy_22 wrote:but that guzzled fuel like it was going out of fashion.
It is !
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:09 pm
by pberry
JWC wrote:I hope it really hasn't suffered oil starvation.
The engine should stop automatically when the oil pressure sender gets lack of oil. Running without oil pressure always causes irreversable damage. I reckon a given engine gets about 1000 turns without oil before it never turns again.
Lets hope its a pressure sender glitch.
Impossible, unless the oil pipe's been severed (extremely unlikely).
I checked the oil 10 days ago: absolutely fine.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:32 pm
by JWC
Improbable, but not impossible, it could have suffered any number of problems:
For example: spring failure in the pressure relief valve, blockage cause by short journeys or carbon deposits, pump fault, pump wear, collapsed pick-up pipe, wrong type of oil, molecular breakdown of the oil, blocked galleries, blocked filter, oil contamination, oil turned to wax, bearing breakup, cracked block, defective oil pimp, worn pump gears, sheared pump drive, missing or damaged drive teath, pickup bent against sump bottom.
Trust me, I seen it all, and I'm talking about aircraft engines where such things should never happen!
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:51 pm
by ModifiedMadness
JWC wrote:defective oil pimp
Pimping Oil
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:08 pm
by JWC
of course, lubrication, any respectable pimp will make sure there is plenty of it.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:05 pm
by pberry
JWC wrote:blockage cause by short journeys or carbon deposits
Intrigued. Please explain further...
pberry
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:21 pm
by paulzpolo
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:28 pm
by Tris
Technically it's a 6n2 because they never made a "mk5" equivalent.
But it was still sold alongside the normal mk5.
Re: pberry
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:06 pm
by pberry
Tris wrote:Technically it's a 6n2 because they never made a "mk5" equivalent.
But it was still sold alongside the normal mk5.
It's definitely red and a saloon, let's say that!
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:13 pm
by JWC
Ok then, go to a parts counter and ask for a 6n2 headlight, if it fits I will agree that you have a 6n2, if not then we can put it to rest as a 2000 6n0 saloon.
Similar story with my mom who has a mk2.5, its a mk3 front with a mk2 rear - saloon again. Its all well and good until you want a bumper for the back which is like hens teeth.
Think an old jetta bumper might fit....
