205 gti low oil pressure

[richie205GTI]

just got her back from the garage to do stem valves now my oil pressure is low when not moving, any ideas?

cheers

Edited by richie205GTI on Tuesday 29th September 11:00

[Simes205]

richie205GTI said:

just got her back from the garage to do stem valves now my oil pressure is low when not moving, any ideas?

cheers

Edited by richie205GTI on Tuesday 29th September 11:00

It won't be high because as you're not moving the engine isn't working so in turn isn't increasing the pressure.
Go and drive it, only worry if the warning light comes on.

[daviewonder]

Check the oil pressure switch connection isnt corroded or dirty as this can give a low reading

[richie205GTI]

daviewonder said:

Check the oil pressure switch connection isnt corroded or dirty as this can give a low reading

ok cool where abouts is this located?

cheers

[GnuBee]

"Conveniently" located under the intake manifold - tis a bugger to get to.

I had so many problems with the OEM gague/wiring/sender I swapped it all for a Stack Oil Pressure gague which sorted it out.

[clee]

What was it reading at tickover before it went in for the work ?

[richie205GTI]

great lol

the pressure didnt go below the first bar on the gauge before it went in for work, at tick over when cold its high as usual but when its hot it sits between red and the first bar. hope that helps

[Simes205]

richie205GTI said:

great lol

the pressure didnt go below the first bar on the gauge before it went in for work, at tick over when cold its high as usual but when its hot it sits between red and the first bar. hope that helps

Did they change the oil? Check the sender.

To be honest that sounds ok, mine the other day stuck on the motorway for 1 hour was hovering on the last mark before red light, the oil temp was on bar 2 and the water was high with the fan rectifying that every 3 minutes or so.
The gauge is pretty relative (not accurate) really, and they differ from car to car. A friends old 309GTI oil pressure gauge hardly ever moved but all was fine.
As long as the red light doesn't come on you should be fine.

Edited by Simes205 on Thursday 1st October 08:09

[sleep envy]

on all 3 of my 205 the oil pressure and temp guage levels have been completely different - it's just a quirk of the car