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Hi im new to the forums having just bought a Skoda Octavia RS 03 plate (yesterday infact) 87k miles

Brilliant car, really nice, mint outside, mint inside and got it for a very very good price.

My problem is that on the way home after purchasing the car, going down the motorway slip road as we accelerated up to around 60mph the red oil light flashed on! now we had been driving this car around town for a good 20minuites before with no problems. We pulled over in a services and the oil light went off, so we checked the levels and they were topped up and fine and it was not using any oil. The engine sounded spot on aswell. no black smoke from exhaust (presume the turbo is not gone or faulty)

But when we parked up at the services while we were chekcing everything the oil light went off again. so we sat stationary and revved the engine, and the red oil light came on yet again at 6k revs.... we let it drop to tick over and it went off, revved again and the liught came on at 4k, then repeated it and it came on at 2k then consistently at 1.8k revvs conviently the same revvs at which the turbo spools up. coincidence?

After getting the car home very carefully. (with the oil light on and engine sounding fine and smooth).. we managed to get the light to go off again...let the engine cool for 30mins... only for it to come back AGAIN! after a short 2.5mile drive to see if anything had changed.

Finally after we parked up in the drive again the red oil light switched off permanently and the yellow engine sign popped up instead!... skoda book says electric fault *confused*

What is going on, i need to diagnose this ASAP because if it a MAJOR fix i need to take this car back sharpish, but if its something like oil pickup, oil pump, or the fact it hasnt had an oil change in over 10k miles and 15months ago. then ive paid a massive amount under what the car is actually worth and spending a few hundred quid wont bother me because ive got it cheap and its a very very nice well kept car (husband wife just had a baby, moved house and cant afford insurance)

I expect its the oil pump, but is there a common 'skoda' problem with this? is it a 'oh look another ones done it, these always go wrong, just bibble babble this and itl be fine'

if it is the oil pump how big a job is it? engine out?

Thanks in advance any replys much appreciated

Andy

Had it just been the oil light, I would say the oil pressure switch is leaking (common.) However, with an EML now coming on, you will need to have the car scanned for fault codes. Without codes it's all guess work.

So was the car offered cheap?