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Last week I had my oil warning light come on. I dropped the sump and found the pickup pipe was pretty badly clogged so replaced this, bolted everything back together, and all was well for around 100 miles. On the way home from an event on Sunday the warning light flashed on again as I came out of a roundabout, then went out. I did about 30 miles or so along a dual carriageway without any problems, engine temp was rock solid, then, exiting another roundabout the light came on again and went back out after flashing 3 or 4 times. The final roundabout I came to I guessed the light would come back on and, sure enough, it did. Each time it seemed to be when I was turning left. Although it's a pretty rare failure I thought it might be the oil level sensor playing up, so today I fitted a new one. I went out for a quick test drive of about 10 miles and all was going well until I was virtually home and the warning light came on again. Perhaps the fact that it came on when turning left is just a coincidence. So, what should my next step be? I can't imagine the oil pump is faulty as it's around 200 miles now since the warning light first appeared, and there was no sign of any metallic sheen to the oil that I drained this morning. I'd surely have had catastrophic failure by now if the pump had been the issue. Thanks for any suggestions.

I found a 1/4 inch drive wobble extension bar in Halfords that gave just enough of an angle to allow the 10mm socket to fit over the bolt head properly. It did a perfect job, way easier than the universal joint that just allowed the socket to flop.

Thanks Steve, I'll give the Laser tool a try - I hadn't seen that one before. My concern is that I've rounded off the hex itself. I did see a damaged hex extractor set, https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/all-hand-tools/laser-damaged-hex-bolt-extractor-set-7pc-208622.html?cm_mmc=Google+PLA-_-Tools>Hand+Tools>All+Hand+Tools-_-Tools>Hand+Tools>All+Hand+Tools-_-208622&istCompanyId=b8708c57-7a02-4cf6-b2c0-dc36b54a327e&istFeedId=62b447cf-331e-4fec-a47a-9985ff72d404&istItemId=ittamtrtm&istBid=tzwt&_$ja=tsid:|cid:11902546034|agid:113456751337|tid:pla-331014970735|crid:487900199209|nw:u|rnd:11990642481939797546|dvc:c|adp:|mt:|loc:1006933&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6pOTBhCTARIsAHF23fK_fEub56iF2as-KJ0Jv-g6sGb5wvDCrMr3m-GtjF9SMUoi57Hy2s8aAi3PEALw_wcB but not sure whether there'll be enough space to fit it. Fingers crossed this works, otherwise I'll be back to Vagtech...

Trying to get the sump off this weekend. Just one bolt left in the gearbox end that's refusing to budge. The ball-end Allen key removed all the others but snapped in the bolt head on the last one (removed the broken piece with blue tak). Access for a 1/4 drive 10mm socket is a real pain as visibility is virtually zero. Any suggestions how to get this one out as I don't want to give up!