Doki wrote:

"Carl Gibbs" wrote in message
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"Doki" wrote in message
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The Golf's playing up. Must be because I've polished it.

When the oil's warmed up to 80 odd or so, the oil pressure lamp comes on
if the engine's allowed to idle. Rev it at all, and it goes back off.
I've previously had the buzzer come on a couple of times during normal
driving, (ie, above a couple of thousand revs, oil not stinking hot and
not cornering like a loon) but it's always gone off after a second. Oil
level is fine.

Pointers on whether this sounds like oil pump, dodgy electronics or the
bottom end of the engine dying would be nice.

Have you changed the oil recently?

Yep. Not myself. My dad decided to change the oil for the stuff he puts in
his jag without telling me to see if it made any difference to the buzzing
that happened before. ****ing hell. That's like a sentence written by Peter
of cinquecento fame...

Might be worth picking up the right oil for the Golf depending on what
he uses in the Jag semis? Fully? Could be a bit thin now for an older
golf. The official Quantum is cheap enough from the dealers and even
cheaper from GSF etc. A reasonably garage should have a proper guage
they can plug in the oil sensor position to check what pressure the pump
is giving to eliminate pump or switch....
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Jon B
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