After a hard days work today I left the office and returned to my car only to discover a blinking orange light (the oil symbol) staring me in the face :eek:. Immediately got the owners manual out wich tells me

Yellow warning light flashes

(engine oil level gauge faulty)

If a fault occurs at the engine oil level gauge, this is indicated by an audible signal and the warning light flashing several times.

Have the engine inspected without delay by a Skoda Dealership

Pfew, at least I can drive home... which I did. Also noticed that the aircon unit is completely dead and that the trip meter does everything but display the outside temperature.

Had diner, went back to look at it, but after checking usual suspects (fuses, airbox (after all, I did have that removed last night ), battery) and speaking extensively with K we both couldn't see what the problem is.

Tomorrow morning I shall be taking it to the dealer, but for now I was wondering if anyone had come across symptoms like these?

:eek: nothing i did?

:confused: let me know..........

:eek: nothing i did?

:confused: let me know..........

If you did, I still managed to squeeze 110 odd miles without warning lights

So I doubt it has anything to do with your crafty work

Went into the dealer this morning at 8am... turns out that the mechanics start at 8.30 :(.

Turns out there are actually 2 (unrelated?) problems: 1) The aircon fuse had blown and 2) the viscosity of the oil caused the warning light to flash.

They replaced the fuse, but as soon as I left the forecourt it stopped working already so I have the car booked in for the 21st to have that checked out.

The oil viscosity is a bigger worry as to me it means that after 5K miles the oil is already in a state where it needs replacing, even though it should last at least 10K (when next service would be due). Could it be that they filled up with the wrong oil? Bearing in mind that I paid

I have great problems with my engine oil. I owe a Fabia 101HP 1400, 16V for 2 years. I only use Skoda's recommendation (Valvoline 10W40 or 15W40) for my engine. The first 1,5 year everything seemed to be ok with the oil. The last six-month period, my engine burnt the oil rapidly, especially on long trips (500 Km), where I drove at 5000 rpm. Is it normal? Do I need 2 litres of backup oil everytime I travel? Should I check my engine?

Weird thing is that they just shrugged at the warning light and told me that since it is due a service in 5K miles they would replace it then... "just an over eager sensor doing its work". Surely it can't be good to drive around like that?

I'm no mechanic, but I'd be tempted to bite the bullet and go for a quick change. I've just had mine done and changed to long life, even though I'm on time/distance servicing.

as it wasn`t me who broke your car:rolleyes: perhaps i could do your oil change for you Q:confused: ...............you could be the first to spill oil on the new block paviours:mad:

Phil

Is it a Fab or Oct? Not sure about fab but oct has 3 fuses near battery that can corrode and the multiplug to these fuses can easily be damaged/loose.These power fan relays.As for the oil light its possible that the dash panel insert is faulty, especially as you mention the trip meter.Check all dis[lay lights up and the lights on buzzer work.Good luck!

Went last night to big k (who should change his name by deed poll to big ok ) who had a long hard look at the symptons and found the problems. The oil warning light turned out to be the wire going from pressure switch to ECU which was grounding on the driveshaft. The wire must have inadvertently become undone when the TIP was replaced (sorry Phil, you were guilty after all ) and by resting on the driveshaft it had worn out the insulation. A wrap with insulating tape and a tie wrap to put it secure again cleared that one pretty quickly.

The climatronic was a more 'interesting' one which in the end turned out to be a blown fuse. This was also the garage's conclusion although I doubt they actually replaced it as when K replaced it, it kept working (and is still working). Conspiracy theory 1: maybe the fuse had blown due to the oil switch wire grounding? Who knows...

All I know is that K deserves a medal and that the car is 100% again! Shame I postponed Jabba yesterday, but I don't fancy hassling them about by cancelling the new appointment and setting it back till tomorrow... good things come to those who wait .

was nothing really

Conspiracy theory 1: maybe the fuse had blown due to the oil switch wire grounding? Who knows...

Correct... trust me...

... you're an engineer?

I need to do a writeup of my recent problems, but they all started with a similar situation!!

Uh oh :eek: I thought mine were resolved now?!?

I need to do a writeup of my recent problems, but they all started with a similar situation!!

Have they ended? :confused:

Yes, and chill Q, I'm sure yours are, it was the start but not the cause.

Went last night to big k (who should change his name by deed poll to big ok ) who had a long hard look at the symptons and found the problems. The oil warning light turned out to be the wire going from pressure switch to ECU which was grounding on the driveshaft. The wire must have inadvertently become undone when the TIP was replaced (sorry Phil' date=' you were guilty after all ) and by resting on the driveshaft it had worn out the insulation. A wrap with insulating tape and a tie wrap to put it secure again cleared that one pretty quickly.

The climatronic was a more 'interesting' one which in the end turned out to be a blown fuse. This was also the garage's conclusion although I doubt they actually replaced it as when K replaced it, it kept working (and is still working). Conspiracy theory 1: maybe the fuse had blown due to the oil switch wire grounding? Who knows...

All I know is that K deserves a medal and that the car is 100% again! Shame I postponed Jabba yesterday, but I don't fancy hassling them about by cancelling the new appointment and setting it back till tomorrow... good things come to those who wait .[/quote']

Funny, funny, funny - not the old thread - which is super useful - but this is exactly what has happened to mine today. The Climatronic if defo a fuse - have found that - but the yellow flashing oil light when just starting up??

Where do I find the pressure switch / ECU so I can hunt for this wire?? Can anyone help?

Thanks!

It's a bit tricky to describe it, but it sits next to the turbo inlet pipe and goes towards the oil plug in the sump. If you put the car on a bridge you should be able to see it. You won't be able to do much working from above the car.

I'll have a look at this - thanks for the reply. Funny that I've done nothing in that area, although I did have the ECU flashed the day before this started happening - cos I was unhappy with the map the tuner had put on. I replaced the climatroni fuse - 7.5amp - last night but only had a 10amp. The yellow light didn't come on, the climatronic worked but within 10 seconds it had stopped working and next time I started the car the yellow light thing started happening again - so obviously related and something is blowing the climatronic fuse...

Q did you have a code stored when you had this fault?

The sensor in the sump is the oil quality/level sensor.

Funny that when I replaced the climatronic fuse (10A as didn't have 7.5A) the yellow oil light didn't flash on starting up, within 2 mins of starting up the fuse blew, and now everytime I start her up the yellow oil light flashes again. Would a faulty oil sensor cause the climatronic fuse to blow??

Q did you have a code stored when you had this fault?

It's been 2 years ago... I can't remember

Funny that when I replaced the climatronic fuse (10A as didn't have 7.5A) the yellow oil light didn't flash on starting up, within 2 mins of starting up the fuse blew, and now everytime I start her up the yellow oil light flashes again. Would a faulty oil sensor cause the climatronic fuse to blow??

No, but a grounded wire could. Need to check to see if these things actually share a circuit.

Plugged her in, this is what I got back:

With the blown fuse in:

16955 - Brake Switch (F): Implausible Signal

00562 - Sensor for Oil Level/Temperature (G266)

30-00 - Open or Short to B+

00667 - Ambient Temperature Signal

30-00 - Open or Short to B+

Vag-Com didn't recognise the Climatronic on Address 08 with the fuse blown. I temporarily replaced the blown fuse to scan again - but didn't leave it in so long as to let it blow again - on the auto-scan this time it did recognise Address 08 and the Climatronic - but no fault codes were returned.

Any thoughts guys??

Thanks