after ive bin out in my s2 for a while wen im parked idelin my car runs like a bag of shit, and the oil light is flashin its tits off!!! ive got oil in it as i check it every time i got out.....

any ideas

brett

and its had a new oil pump

 

do a oil pressure test find out if the pumps ok? if ok poss dodgy oil pressure sensor oreven seen the filter cause it.

 

dodgy oil switch or car underidling at best
big ends at worst
suspect the latter as its a cvh

 

or wrong oil fitted with slighty worn big ends what grade oil is in it?

 

yeah mine did this and was big ends, but that is worst case scenario.
Could be oil pump, blocked pick up pipe, very very old oil thining out when hot, even a dodgy pressure switch!

 

oh no,death to the CVH crank

 

im guessin ive prob but the wrong grade oil in it, cuz it only wen it bin runnin for a while and the oil will have got hot, and its only jst had a new bottom end

ill give it a oil change wen it back from the body shop

 

Whooooooooooops

 

CVH engines are extremely prone to low oil pressure. The problem is always linked to either faulty/worn oil pump or worn bearings/crank. Sadly faulty oil pump always mean knackered crank/bearings, and the only remedy is a complete bottom end rebuild.

 

If you say its had a bottom end rebuild, it shouldnt be that!
What Oil did you put in? should be 15/50 Millers or Silkolene (or any decent brand reallly), no Roys or Halfords own brand shit (small print says "Lubricant not included" )

 

QUATE>>> you say its had a bottom end rebuild, it shouldnt be that!---------WHY??? WOULD YOU SAY THAT!!!!!!!-----------IT COULD BE.

 

because if he just had a bottom end rebuild the big ends would be fine! Why else would i say it??!!
Its like saying 'my car is smoking.... i've got a brand new turbo' and the someone telling me its my turbo smoking!! Obvioulsy it wouldnt/shouldnt be!!

 

lol
new turbos can be faulty just the same as old ones,fault findin u dont eliminate anything,new or not
depends who rebuilt the bottom end,joe mangel in his shed out the back or a reputable tuner/engine builder
first thing is gettin an oil pressure reading,take it from there

 

JamboRST yes your are right but i'm just talking about probabilities and it probably isnt his new oil pump or bottom end (but like you say if Joe Mangle did.....who knows lol), and you have to eliminate things thats the fault finding process, or we'd just change everything all the time! hehehe