I’ve searched the forums and cannot find an exact answer to my question. 
 

I’m getting the OIL SENSOR! Please visit workshop warning message every 5 minutes or so. It pings and then goes off after about 3 seconds. 
 

Oil level is perfect and temperature is holding at about 95/96 so would anyone know what might be causing this?

 

I’m thinking either faulty sensor, dirty sensor or a wiring issue? 
 

It’s a 1.5 TSI with 116k miles.  The car is a taxi so I have to work whilst worrying about this.  

I'd suggest having the oil level sensor replaced as a first choice. Is the warning you get the yellow/amber indicator?

5 hours ago, Warrior193 said:

I'd suggest having the oil level sensor replaced as a first choice. Is the warning you get the yellow/amber indicator?

Yes it’s amber thanks. Should be a sensor fault. 
 

I’m about to go under to check the wiring. If nothing looks amiss I’ll order a new sensor from TPS. Unfortunately I think you need to drop the oil to remove it. It’s close to oil change time though I suppose. 

You could always try the vacuum cleaner method 🙂

On 15/07/2024 at 19:56, Blue8793841 said:

You could always try the vacuum cleaner method 🙂

What’s that then???😂

Attach vacuum cleaner to oil filler. Remove sensor and fit new one 😁

40 minutes ago, Blue8793841 said:

Attach vacuum cleaner to oil filler. Remove sensor and fit new one 😁

Have you used that method successfully?

Seems to be behaving itself now. Hasn't come on for a couple of days now. The car was sitting for five days so might have been an electrical gremlin.