VW Polo engine light

ColmH81 · 01-10-2013 6:40pm #1

Greetings folks...

Missus was driving home from work and and orange engine light came on..

Just had a look, and first thing I checked was the oil.. Seemed very low, so I topped it up and restarted the engine... No light..

I'm still a little wary... Does the polo have an independent oil light, or is the orange engine light also the oil light?

Bpmull · 01-10-2013 7:42pm

If it has an oil light it should come on when you turn on ignition red light to indicate low oil pressure as the engine isn't running. Usually that same light comes on in orange to indicate low oil. I'd of thought most cars have the light although the engine management light wouldn't come on with the oil light so maybe the polo doesn't have one.

88manta · 01-10-2013 10:04pm

What year is the polo

What engine

ColmH81 · 02-10-2013 5:08am

88manta wrote: »

What year is the polo

What engine

It's a 06 and it's a 1.2 petrol..

fullstop · 02-10-2013 7:18am

Would you not look in the book to see what the light is??

ColmH81 · 02-10-2013 7:31am

fullstop wrote: »

Would you not look in the book to see what the light is??

Obviously.... If she had the book..!!

88manta · 02-10-2013 4:09pm

Id recommend a diagnostic scan on the engine ecu.

Id take a guess that it was the engine management light that came on.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Where abouts is the car

ColmH81 · 02-10-2013 4:21pm

88manta wrote: »

Id recommend a diagnostic scan on the engine ecu.

Id take a guess that it was the engine management light that came on.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Where abouts is the car

Yeah, gonna bring it into the garage tomorrow.. Garage is only 10mins away from us in Carlow..

bbability · 02-10-2013 5:42pm

ColmH81 wrote: »

Greetings folks...

Missus was driving home from work and and orange engine light came on..

Just had a look, and first thing I checked was the oil.. Seemed very low, so I topped it up and restarted the engine... No light..

I'm still a little wary... Does the polo have an independent oil light, or is the orange engine light also the oil light?

It was probably the top up oil warning light.

88manta · 02-10-2013 5:49pm

Money is on egr valve fault, oxygen sensor or camshaft position sensor &#55357;&#56842;

ColmH81 · 02-10-2013 5:55pm

bbability wrote: »

It was probably the top up oil warning light.

Is there not an independent oil light?

Juwwi · 02-10-2013 6:32pm

We used to have the same model polo 1.2 and found the
engine light a little temperamental.

It used to come on if you stalled the car but would switch it self off again within a day.

ColmH81 · 02-10-2013 6:39pm

88manta wrote: »

Money is on egr valve fault, oxygen sensor or camshaft position sensor ��

Sounds expensive.. Ha

VW Polo engine light

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