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vw passat 2.0 tdi low oil pressure - daniel909 - 09-07-2014

hope know one minds me posting as it not 306 related
but i was driving our passat home the other day and the oil pressure light come on. was wondering if any of you guys has had much experience with the pd engine that could have any ideas what the problem could be any help would be appreciated

i have just done and oil and filter change light still comes on
thought it could be the oil pump but it not making any rattles or anything
maybe oil pressure switch is there any way to test these?

hope you can help
sorry for my shit English i am Cornish after Wink


RE: vw passat 2.0 tdi low oil pressure - r3k1355 - 09-07-2014

Usually by the time the oil pressure light has come on the engine is f*cked.
So you better hope it's just the switch thats f*cked.

I'd get a code reader on it, see what that brings up.


RE: vw passat 2.0 tdi low oil pressure - powerandtorque - 09-07-2014

There's well known problems with the 2.0 TDI oil pump drive failures that would cause low oil pressure.


Re: RE: vw passat 2.0 tdi low oil pressure - bashbarnard - 09-07-2014

(09-07-2014, 04:11 PM)powerandtorque Wrote: There's well known problems with the 2.0 TDI oil pump drive failures that would cause low oil pressure.

Beat me to it. They are well known for shitting oil pumps. They are easy enough to do though if a bit time consuming


RE: vw passat 2.0 tdi low oil pressure - daniel909 - 10-07-2014

anyone no what the oil pressure should be thanks


RE: vw passat 2.0 tdi low oil pressure - Ruan - 12-07-2014

Anything below 30psi on a cold start and there's something definitely broken.

Should be ~60-70psi at a guess from cold, dropping to 30 ish once warm.

And yeah - guaranteed oil pump drive on that I'd say, well documented issue.


RE: vw passat 2.0 tdi low oil pressure - daniel909 - 12-07-2014

Alright thanks mate


RE: vw passat 2.0 tdi low oil pressure - 306carter - 13-07-2014

As said oil pump drive. Really common issue. Massive job to rectify too.

Guessing it's an 06-07 year?