Hi all, the orange oil level light on my 1.2 tsi octavia turned on a few days ago, checked the oil level and it was at the low mark so I filled it up but the warning light wont turn off.

Since then I drove the car more than 50 km , checked the oil level every day and it was still full but the oil level light still wont turn off.

I have read on a few forums that the warning light will go off if the car has enough oil AND that the hood latch sensor was reading that the hood was opened for more than 30 seconds (or something like that), and if one of the sensors goes out then the light wont go off.

Since the oil level light turned on when the oil level was low Im guessing the oil level sensor works so Im left with the hood latch sensor, but I didnt find any real solution on these forums (a workaround or something).

Does someone figured out how to override this issue and make the oil level light turn off?

It maybe a bad connection or broken wire to bonnet switch or failed bonnet switch itself. I read on a vw forum that you can use vcds to reset it if bonnet switch wont.

A bit above my comfort zone at moment but as follows from vw jetta

You need to Recode cluster .
address 17
07= fourth digit in the coding:

0 = vehicles with fixed service intervals without oil/temp. sender
1 = vehicles with flexible service intervals with oil/temp. sender
2 = vehicles with fixed service intervals with oil/temp. sender
3 = vehicles without service interval display (USA, Canada)

So I assume you have to change 07 to one of the above

Alasdair

Actually the Warning light or message should go off if you open the bonnet and add no oil. So still low if it was low. Just have the bonnet open 30 seconds and them light / message will stay off for 100 km / 62 miles.