Well Gents it looks like my car has had the dreaded oil pump failure I was driving home last night when the oil pressure light came on, followed very quickly by the engine now sounding like a tractor. My car has only done 54,000 miles and has a full main dealer service history last one being carried out at 45,000. Spoke to Stirling Audi today and they say they have no information regarding this being a problem on the 1.8T engine (funnily enough they said not on the 1.8T, implying it was happening on another engine!) Having found a few posts regarding this happening to other people I phoned my local VW dealer, they said quote "Its not an issue, but it is known, but were not changing them every day" the guy was very helpful tho. Engine still runs so he thinks I might need a new oil pump and cam followers IIRC.
I am going to try and take this through Audi and see if I get anywhere, not holding out too much hope tho. If this has happened to anyone on here any advice would be much appreciated. I will keep you all informed of how I get on.
Dougie
I am going to try and take this through Audi and see if I get anywhere, not holding out too much hope tho. If this has happened to anyone on here any advice would be much appreciated. I will keep you all informed of how I get on.
Dougie