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[STEMO]

Got the dreaded 'oil pressure low-stop engine' this morning, booked in to local garage tomorrow. More expense before Christmas for a poor pensioner. 

[Andy B]

 

[TD]

Ummm.....i suspect you have....but....have you checked the level on the dipstick ? 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Ummm you're assuming that Uncle STEMO knows where the bonnet catch is Dave.                                                                           

[STEMO]

Apparently it's a thing on these engines, oil pick up seal. Only does it when it's freezing cold and only for 5-10 seconds. Thinner oil for the winter might cure it.
Car owes me nowt. Paid £8000 for it 4 years and 70,000 miles ago. I'd just prefer to keep it going until second hand prices settle down.

[STEMO]

If I do have to go looking for another, I'll post nothing on here till I've bought it 
That way you can all rip it to shreds but I don't have to listen to hundreds of suggestions. 

[Varche]

Apparently it's a thing on these engines, oil pick up seal. Only does it when it's freezing cold and only for 5-10 seconds. Thinner oil for the winter might cure it.
Car owes me nowt. Paid £8000 for it 4 years and 70,000 miles ago. I'd just prefer to keep it going until second hand prices settle down.

Worth £12000 today maybe more next week.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Apparently it's a thing on these engines, oil pick up seal. Only does it when it's freezing cold and only for 5-10 seconds. Thinner oil for the winter might cure it.
Car owes me nowt. Paid £8000 for it 4 years and 70,000 miles ago. I'd just prefer to keep it going until second hand prices settle down.

Good derv lump should literally run to the moon and back.

......about 480,000 miles.

At 90,000 it is not even a teenager yet.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Ummm you're assuming that Uncle STEMO knows where the bonnet catch is Dave.                                                                           

This may be something your elderly uncle is unfamiliar with.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

If I do have to go looking for another, I'll post nothing on here till I've bought it 
That way you can all rip it to shreds but I don't have to listen to hundreds of suggestions. 

My old Tata is still for sale.

[STEMO]

Apparently it's a thing on these engines, oil pick up seal. Only does it when it's freezing cold and only for 5-10 seconds. Thinner oil for the winter might cure it.
Car owes me nowt. Paid £8000 for it 4 years and 70,000 miles ago. I'd just prefer to keep it going until second hand prices settle down.

Good derv lump should literally run to the moon and back.

......about 480,000 miles.

At 90,000 it is not even a teenager yet.

It probably will if it gets the lubrication it needs.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Apparently it's a thing on these engines, oil pick up seal. Only does it when it's freezing cold and only for 5-10 seconds. Thinner oil for the winter might cure it.
Car owes me nowt. Paid £8000 for it 4 years and 70,000 miles ago. I'd just prefer to keep it going until second hand prices settle down.

Good derv lump should literally run to the moon and back.

......about 480,000 miles.

At 90,000 it is not even a teenager yet.

It probably will if it gets the lubrication it needs.

Much like a woman then....

Because when they go dry......

[dave the builder]

It was Very cold this morning which makes the oil thick
Also very common for the oil pressure switch to read wrong or even split rubber inside, spewing half the oil out the engine 
new switch is only £10 ish
hope you get it sorted cheaply Uncle Stemo

[Sir Tigger KC]

Apparently it's a thing on these engines, oil pick up seal. Only does it when it's freezing cold and only for 5-10 seconds. Thinner oil for the winter might cure it.
Car owes me nowt. Paid £8000 for it 4 years and 70,000 miles ago. I'd just prefer to keep it going until second hand prices settle down.

Good derv lump should literally run to the moon and back.

......about 480,000 miles.

At 90,000 it is not even a teenager yet.

It probably will if it gets the lubrication it needs.

Much like a woman then....

Because when they go dry......

Do you think a woman could go to the moon and back? 480,000 miles?   

I've always found them pretty temperamental and prone to breaking down at awkward times to be honest!                                             

[TheBoy]

Is that the 2.0CDTi engine that Vauxhall have fitted for the past decade or so?  I thought aside from occasionally injector issues (and DMFs on manuals), that was pretty reliable motor?