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From: Tim Watts on 4 Jun 2010 15:42 Hi, Car ran fine uptil yesterday. Done 34k miles to date. Just tried to start it now, and it won't. After a few seconds, the dash came up with STOP then "Oil pres" (or similar). Checked the dipstick - on the minimum, so added half a bottle of the correct grade. Left it - tried again, nothing. Cranks OK (well no crunchy noises or labouring that I can hear). Obviously won't touch it until it's been towed and checked out. Just wanted to prepare my mind for the horrors that are awaiting the bank balance. On balance, finger in the air, is this likely to be one the the oil pump problems that I've read of affecting Passats with similar sounding engines, or more likely to be the sender gone? Would an oil pump work one day then just break? If it is the latter, I will be less than pleased with VW for such a low milage car. Sadly I do not have a code reader. Cheers Tim -- Tim Watts Hung parliament? Rather have a hanged parliament.
From: Tim Watts on 5 Jun 2010 08:19 On 04/06/10 20:42, Tim Watts wrote: > Hi, > > Car ran fine uptil yesterday. Done 34k miles to date. > > Just tried to start it now, and it won't. After a few seconds, the dash > came up with STOP then "Oil pres" (or similar). Checked the dipstick - > on the minimum, so added half a bottle of the correct grade. > > Left it - tried again, nothing. Cranks OK (well no crunchy noises or > labouring that I can hear). > > Obviously won't touch it until it's been towed and checked out. > > Just wanted to prepare my mind for the horrors that are awaiting the > bank balance. > > On balance, finger in the air, is this likely to be one the the oil pump > problems that I've read of affecting Passats with similar sounding > engines, or more likely to be the sender gone? Would an oil pump work > one day then just break? > > If it is the latter, I will be less than pleased with VW for such a low > milage car. > > Sadly I do not have a code reader. > On an aside - any recommendations on VW specialist independents in the Hastings/Tonbridge circle (I live halfway between)? VW T Wells are a PITA. Called 3 times - service person was busy. Promised a call back. No call back. Tried a second time. Promised a call back in "5 minutes". Tried 3rd time, half an hour later. "They've all gone home - did try to call you". Bollocks they did, had the phone next to me and unused. As the car is out of warranty, I have no need of a main dealer, so I was wondering if an independent might be a better bet? But would have to be a specialist with VAG "issues" bullitin access and someone who knows what they're doing. Cheers Tim -- Tim Watts Hung parliament? Rather have a hanged parliament.
From: Mrcheerful on 5 Jun 2010 12:49 "Tim Watts" <tw(a)dionic.net> wrote in message news:hubkvu$gf4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Hi, > > Car ran fine uptil yesterday. Done 34k miles to date. > > Just tried to start it now, and it won't. After a few seconds, the dash > came up with STOP then "Oil pres" (or similar). Checked the dipstick - on > the minimum, so added half a bottle of the correct grade. > > Left it - tried again, nothing. Cranks OK (well no crunchy noises or > labouring that I can hear). > > Obviously won't touch it until it's been towed and checked out. > > Just wanted to prepare my mind for the horrors that are awaiting the bank > balance. > > On balance, finger in the air, is this likely to be one the the oil pump > problems that I've read of affecting Passats with similar sounding > engines, or more likely to be the sender gone? Would an oil pump work one > day then just break? > > If it is the latter, I will be less than pleased with VW for such a low > milage car. > > Sadly I do not have a code reader. > > Cheers > > Tim I would spray in some easy start, just to prove it can run as a first step. if it can't run then you have something horrible failed : like a cambelt (which is due every 4 years on those)
From: Duncan Wood on 5 Jun 2010 15:01 On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:19:02 +0100, Tim Watts <tw(a)dionic.net> wrote: > On 04/06/10 20:42, Tim Watts wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Car ran fine uptil yesterday. Done 34k miles to date. >> >> Just tried to start it now, and it won't. After a few seconds, the dash >> came up with STOP then "Oil pres" (or similar). Checked the dipstick - >> on the minimum, so added half a bottle of the correct grade. >> >> Left it - tried again, nothing. Cranks OK (well no crunchy noises or >> labouring that I can hear). >> >> Obviously won't touch it until it's been towed and checked out. >> >> Just wanted to prepare my mind for the horrors that are awaiting the >> bank balance. >> >> On balance, finger in the air, is this likely to be one the the oil pump >> problems that I've read of affecting Passats with similar sounding >> engines, or more likely to be the sender gone? Would an oil pump work >> one day then just break? >> >> If it is the latter, I will be less than pleased with VW for such a low >> milage car. >> >> Sadly I do not have a code reader. >> > > On an aside - any recommendations on VW specialist independents in the > Hastings/Tonbridge circle (I live halfway between)? > > VW T Wells are a PITA. Called 3 times - service person was busy. > Promised a call back. No call back. Tried a second time. Promised a call > back in "5 minutes". Tried 3rd time, half an hour later. "They've all > gone home - did try to call you". Bollocks they did, had the phone next > to me and unused. > > As the car is out of warranty, I have no need of a main dealer, so I was > wondering if an independent might be a better bet? But would have to be > a specialist with VAG "issues" bullitin access and someone who knows > what they're doing. > > Cheers > > Tim Well you can get the VAG issues ulletin if you're an independent or even if you're doing diy, it's all on erwin. Not that most of the dealers mechanics ever read it. & vag-coms arguably better than VAGs own diagnostics. -- Duncan Wood
From: Tim Watts on 5 Jun 2010 19:01
On 05/06/10 17:49, Mrcheerful wrote: > I would spray in some easy start, just to prove it can run as a first step. > if it can't run then you have something horrible failed : like a cambelt > (which is due every 4 years on those) I did get some out of newsgroup advice that if the engine fails to fire for any reason, the STOP warning comes on after a specific time. Makes sense. So may be no relation to the oil or pump. No I haven't put petrol in it :) I would try that if I had some Easy Start. I haven't heard any bangs, so if it were the cambelt (say) I'm hoping for no bent bits. Mind you, would have though that would fail at speed, not standing for a day. I suppose it could be a million things. Though 1/2 a million of those it would probably work out for itself and report an ECU light on the dash - like one of the sensors going weird or no fuel pressure. Just have to wait and hope it's nothing bankruptingly bad... -- Tim Watts Hung parliament? Rather have a hanged parliament. |