oil light

[jenkins 0]

heyy today i have changed the oil and replaced it with fully synthetic

i was running the car and it was warm so i gave it some revs and held it arroun 4 k, the oil light came on, i think it may be oil pressure ?? does any know where the oil pump is or knows why this light may have come on ???

cheers chris

[legvw 0]

The light comes when the oil pressure is too low. Have you checked the level since doing the change?

The oil pump is in the sump btw.

[jenkins 0]

yeah i looked at the dip and its perfect, maybe the tiny bit to high

[legvw 0]

I think the light comes on when idling if the pressure is too low, and if the engine is revved past 2500rpm the light comes on if the pressure is too high, i'l have to check in my manual tomoz to confirm that, but pretty sure.

[jenkins 0]

ok cheers mate, im trying to find a haynes manuel for the Vr but i cant find one,

and any ideas where i can buy a oil pump from

[Rikki 2]

Fully synthetic is too thin for a vr! was it 0w 40?

[jenkins 0]

Not sure mate my mate got it from his work what should it be?????

[Lukey. 381]

VR6 need 10w40 semi

The best and most of the time cheapest is synta silver from your local TPS, dirt cheap and top stuff for VR6 engines.

The previous owner filled mine up with full syn and it was burning it as quick as petrol and ran like sh!te, a change to silver and it runs smooth as silk

[jenkins 0]

cheers i will go and buy some

[vr6stormt 0]

ok cheers mate' date=' im trying to find a haynes manuel for the Vr but i cant find one,

and any ideas where i can buy a oil pump from

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hi mate you wont get a haynes for it there is a bentley manual but they cost the earth or you can get a peter russek manual for about £8 of the bay or amazon only covers the engine though

[jenkins 0]

the oil that is in the engine is 10w 40 and its fully synthetic

[Lukey. 381]

you could pull the spade connectors off the sensors on top of the filter housing, asd you are looking at it left is high right is low, pull them off one at a time and see what difference it makes, you arent gonna damage anything cos they only control the light coming on, its prob high pressure sensor causing it, on the left as you look at it, but at least youll then know that high pressure is the cause

[jenkins 0]

the same thing happened today i waited for it to warm up and then gave it a boot and it just beeped at me, it doesnt come on when its idleing its when i boot it? could this be the oil filter ???