Spooky211

The engine was a bit rattly but nowhere near as bad. Mechanic across the road said it might be the chain tensioner not being primed causing the rattle. In hindsight I shouldn’t have driven it at all.

Update guys, just been told by my mechanic that there are traces of metal in the oil…possibly big-ends gone. New engine/refurb time. 😩

Thanks for the info mate

Yeah 5W 30. Aye, wish I’d know about the oil filter issue. Bought through Opie oils, have used them loads over the years with no issues. Just worried I’ve wrecked the engine. It did sound pretty much normal after being on the motorway but the oil pressure light came on a few times.

It’s 2014 mate. I forgot to say that the new Bosch filter was different to the 1 I removed. I ended up putting the old 1 back on…no idea I know but I was running out of options

Evening folks, Was doing an oil change in my wife’s 1.2tsi earlier (along with the breather valve replacement), all going well until I started the engine which sounded really rough at the top end. Took it round the block, still noisey. Bit of searching on here and found a few threads on filter o-ring being left in. Filter off, found the o-ring, all good. Engine still sounded rattly but a bit quieter…drove home and when I came off the motorway the oil pressure light came on. Pulled over, checked everything and all good. Decided to head to my local garage and just leave it there till tomorrow. Any thoughts on this? Engine sounded fairly normal by the time I got there but the oil pressure light came on twice again (stopped both times to check everything). Have I lunched the engine?