Oil pressure warning light on.

[Guest]

Please can anyone offer any assistance.  I have a 63 Fabia Monte Carlo 1.2.  I haven’t used it for a few weeks.  The amber oil pressure warning light started to intermittently come on. I made basic fixes oil/ filter change and renewed the pressure switch sensor but still had fault light but now less often. I’m now astonished at realising its only coming on when the handbrake is on . It’s on my instrument cluster, is this dodgy?

 

[Breezy_Pete]

Oil pressure warning is a red light  not amber, I think. 

Oil level warning can be an amber light, check the wiring and connections to the level/temperature sensor in the sump. I assume the level is not low?

[KenONeill]

16 hours ago, ArcheryBear said:

The amber oil pressure warning light

As @Wino says, this is the oil level warning light. Top up (probably 1 litre) and it should extinguish.

[xman]

7 minutes ago, KenONeill said:

As @Wino says, this is the oil level warning light. Top up (probably 1 litre) and it should extinguish.

 

Check the dipstick and if necessary top up carefully, I recommend in increments of 0.25 litres but no higher than the top of hatched area on the dipstick. Follow the instructions in the user manual. Allow a few minutes time for oil to settle in the sump before rechecking and if necessary topping up a bit more. Some oil level sensors will also detect overfilling and put on the oil level warning light to add to the confusion.

Overfilling can potentially lead to CAT damage or the crank thrashing and aerating the oil which in turn can lead to total loss of oil pressure and consequential damage.

 

If the warning light doesn't go out, then check for error codes using an OBD reader.

[Ootohere]

The Cross Hatch Area A, B, C are for checking at Operating / Normal Operating temp and not as the Mk2 Fabia Manual says which is 'Warm'. 

Checked Cold the engines oil level might well show on the flat bit above the Cross Hatch area.

(VW, SEAT & Audi owners manuals for the same engines can say 'Hot' or Operating Temperature'.  )

 

***The thing with the Low Oil Warning / Yellow Oil Can or sometimes the REd Oil Can for the Low Oil Pressure is that if you open the bonnet and shut it and do nothing the Warning Lights or message can go out for 100km / 62 miles. ***

A Light or message extinguishing after dipping or checking oil or opening the bonnet does not mean then that the oil level is safe to continue with.

 

Edited 22 January, 2022 by roottoot

[Ootohere]

This about the Yeti Bonnet and opening it applies to the Mk2 Fabia and other Skoda & VW Group vehicles.

(Some have Oil Warnings that are an issue with the connection @ the bonnet and the bonnet catch, so they address that as the oil sensor might not be where the fault lies.)

 

The Oil filter on too tight, the wrong one as happened with some 1.2 TSI's from 2012 and then the failure to remove a seal and having 2 on are other common issues.