Had this issue on our taxi fleet. The debris looks like old paper gaskets breaking down, but there are none on the engine like that. Oil and filters changed every 10,000. No signs of oil filters breaking up either. I did suspect the oil supplied by the gaffer though. Low SAPS oil is essential. Great video, and the tip on the 5mm ball end is spot on. Quite a rewarding job once you've done a few.
Thank you for the video. Top diagnostic skills to the fore there. Totally agree with you about the necessity of regular oil and filter changes. It's a false economy not to do it. That owner was a lucky bunny not to have toasted the engine. Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas to you.
Hey Karl thank you mate merry Christmas to you to 👍, I have a customer that gets his oil and filter done regularly and he’s never had a problem. Some manufacturers say up to 20k before a service and I’ve seen a lot of them break down.
Hey bud, I always believed it was just the balance shaft BKD’s that has the oil pump issue I’ve not seen one go on the engines without the balance shaft but I’m open to learning 👍👍
Hey bud thank you appreciate that, when you start the engine the sending it fires up does the actuator on the turbo move? Might need someone to start it while your looking at the actuator.
Good advice on filter changes 👍 2 videos in a week you are spoiling us. 🤣 I think 10000 miles is about right 👍 good advice on fitting the sump, fitting it square using all the bolt's.
Hey Philip it makes such a big difference with oil changes, I’ve seen so many cars well over due a service and all the owner says is it necessary as its running fine. It’s those people that slag their vehicle off when it breaks saying poxy car has let me down. The 2 tricky bolts are easy to go in wonky so just my little trick. Yep 2 videos this week really aiming to just make videos full time so hopefully the extra effort pays off. Thank you sir 👍
@@YTDTETV I’ve had that, had a friend that was working a Ford main dealer service desk, had a whole family in kicking off that their 4 year old car with 70k miles on it needed a turbo… when he pointed out that they’d never had the oil changed and maybe that was a factor in the turbos demise they where genuinely shocked… 🤦♂️
Another great informative vid Nathan, think I'm going to do mine now as when I serviced it the filter are in a bad way and my turbo whistles and small bit of blue smoke.
Hey thank you Nigel, the oil filter in this one was sucked in as I describe it but so was the one on the caddy BKD but clean sump. A lot of Vauxhalls really suffer with sucked in oil filters and being starved. Little bit of blue smoke isn’t the end of the world as the intercooler and pipes get oil in them from weeping turbos but that’s normal.
You have to blame VW for this,there oil change intervals are stupid. And it's not just VW as most manufacturers are the same. I had a Audi A6 2.5 tdi V6 and the oil change interval was 24000 miles (are they nuts). I change the oil every 6000 with mobile 1 which I know is a bit extreme, but it's a lot cheaper than a new engine. Great information and good to see your engine is in good nick.
Hey Neil wow that is a long time between services, I know some other manufacturers have 20k between services. That’s so bad and it’s bound to cause problems for higher mileage engines. I have a customer that has a service every 6k and he’s never had a car break down 👍 thank you for your comments.
@@YTDTETV Thanks for the response. The Audi I owned went through a full set of cam followers and a turbo at 65000 miles due to the stupid long life oil changes. It does not affect the owners that buy them new, it's the poor bugger down line gets all the headache.
@@neilhampson2843 no worries 👍 that’s right the first owner gets hassle free motoring it’s the later owners that have to suffer the consequences unfortunately. Vauxhall have a service interval of 20k to and the engine doesn’t even have 3.5lt of oil, that’s so bad.
Last week I added the engine flush moly liquid addictive for diesels engines and when I started it up it ran rough and the low oil pressure show on my dashboard. Funny thing is I always replace my engine oil every 7500 miles cause I want my Mk6 Golf TDI to last me longer. Looks like I will have to remove the oil pan and inspect it and clean it! Thanks for the amazing video! 9/23/2023 update: oil pick up looked clean and unclogged. Oil pan looked clean! So the initial star rough idling could probably be something else, H’mmmm what could it be? Definitely need to do some extra work!
Same problem with the Insignia B20dth and A20dth. Continue to drive with low oil pressure warning and your engine is completely knackered. To change the oil pick up pump and seal on these motor is a nightmare, the sump is very hard to remove esp the side of the gearbox bell housing... Some drill a hole to the bell housing to access the bolts
That doesn’t sound like the easiest of jobs, lucky on the vw’s it’s really easy access. A lot of cars suffer with carbon build up especially since dpf’s have come along.
Very well done and explained, thanks. I had my balancer hex rod slipt off but it was the mechanical who was driving, not sure how long it was driven that way. The guy says the turbo was fried but the engine is ok, which i highly doupt. You say thst you saved the engine.. how to know if the engine is fine? I will go see the balancer rod and all the stuff with my own eyes and im pretty familiar with the steps. The engine is a cbab 2.0tdi. ill appreciate very much u reverting..
You cleaned that sump up nice DT, don't think they would get it that clean down the main dealers. Agree with regular oil and filter changes, 10,000 mile max for me, have a great Christmas
Thanks Karter, yes you could use all the flushes you like but a sump removal and clean up definitely does a better job. Some manufacturers say up to 20k before serving which is so bad. Merry Christmas to you sir 👍👍
get low oil pressure on my mk3 1.6 caddy on 226.000 is it roughy the same to do on a 1.6 ,I'm thinking it could be the oil pick up after watching this very helpful video ,I've also got another issue with it filling up with desil around the injectors ,the injectors seem fine the van starts well and pulls well so I'm thinking its the return pipes leaking if not any ideas what I could do without taking injectors out I was thinking they might not have changed the injector seals when the injectors were done
Hey bud so it’s all depending on the life of a vehicle so maybe this one didn’t have as many services, it doesn’t take to long the take the sump off so definitely worth a check 👍
Glad to find your vid. I sure hope I'm not going to have to do all that and a simple oil change will do but I'm also a bit scared since my 2.0 touran suddenly won't start and displays red message "low oil pressure - check owners manual". It's a second hand from my brother and my first diesel. He told me it should have run for 5k more until next oil change. Any ideas would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
Hey bud sorry for the delay, so first of all has it got enough oil in it? They can have non start if oil is low. They do like an oil pressure switch aswel and they are only cheap.
Hi have a Volkswagen crafter Luton kids coming up with intermittently low oil pressure switch off engine when you switch off disappears and then it will come on again later that day. Just had a new turbo fitted. Any advice as the garage is going round in circles
Hey man I am doing the same for vw amarok 2014 oil pressure light...just wondering how to remove front member crossing look like it's welded...I want to get more access...but now very less space mate
Only had our Caddy about three weeks now. It’s on 143k miles and the paper work said it’s been serviced regularly. I had the sump off to reseal thinking it was leaking, turns out it as the rocker cover. The sump looked much like yours and was easy cleaned with just a quick blast of brake cleaner. So it would seem it’s been looked after at least, bonus. Gives me confidence the old BLS might not give up too soon. In your opinion is it worth doing the big end bearings? As sort of preventive maintenance in the BLS. Seen a few theories that it’s spun bearings that might cause them to pop one out of the block.
Hi bud yes they do clog up abit 👍 it’s the big end bearing bolts that let go ie the conrod bolts if I was to trust a BLS engine I’d put arp conrod bolts in and it would last forever 🤙
Hi bud it did only seem to be one of the BKD engines I looked at so a good oil flush with oil and filter change should clean the pick up pipe without removing the sump.
I keep having this problem with my ibiza 1.6tdi 3rd time in a year it been resaly looked after service ontime or before needing it any ideas why it keeps happening? Thank you if you get back to me
Great video and tips thanks! I’ve got the same 2.0 bkd, I’ve just cleaned egr, inlet manifold and changed oil and filter. Now I’m getting the “oil pressure engine off’ warning I’ve already had the sump off and it was all clean also changed the pressure sensor, any ideas? I’m hat to try next?
Hi bud sorry for the delay check the wiring to the pressure switch as I’ve seen these fail loads 👍 it should be earth so you can try earthing the wire to see if the light goes out then you’ll know if it’s that.
Thanks for the reply DT! It was the oil pressure switch plug not pushed on enough as the new sensor wasn’t original vw so I removed a little rubber grommet from the plug which allowed it push on more! She’s running a treat again with decent mpg! Cheers 👍🏼
Diesel makes the oil dirty... to avoid these problems just change the engine oil every 5/6000 km and maybe use a flush to run in the engine 10 minutes before draining the old oil. I had several analyzes done by an engine oil laboratory and after 5000 km the contaminants in the oil are already at the limit of tolerance, especially in direct injection turbo engines.
Hey bud yes diesel oil is always dirty, I had a customer that had an oil and filter every 6k and he never had an engine break. I never knew why diesels where always dirty but now I do so really appreciate your comment 👍👍
@@YTDTETV Diesel contains heavier hydrocarbons than petrol, this fuel is burned by detonation therefore with a higher compression ratio and produces lower temperatures than petrol. the combination of these factors produces a greater quantity of carbon residues and a greater blow-by effect so that the oil gets dirty very quickly. the carbon residues, in addition to having an abrasive effect, increase the quantity of acids, the oxidation of the oil and reduce the quantity of Zinc present in the oil, Zinc together with phosphorus constitute a very important EP additive ZDDP which prevents wear of engine components, especially those made of steel.
@@edogsx wow I had to read it twice but I got it 👍👍 someone on Facebook said why would a diesel sump have more crap in the sump and dirty oil over a petrol and I wasn’t 100% sure but I replied I think it’s blow by in the cylinder. I also said that it’s more modern diesel engines due to the filters in the exhaust causing excess heat a pressure in the cylinders causing even more blow by. I don’t know if you have a RU-vid channel but I’m going to look now as you certainly know your stuff. Thank you for your comments 👍👍 You do I’m subscribed 😊
quick one - I've got a VW TDI (B7 CFFB) and just replaced the turbo (107,000 miles) old one was burning oil. But new one is dripping oil from the exhaust side turbo seals. Return feed is clear, I checked all pipes before the refit. Is a block somewhere causing excess pressure in the sump? What things should I check? I'm handy with the tools, just would rather get a few ideas before throwing away this otherwise great car (VW CC 2012)
It looks like you work on a lot of volkswagens. I just rebuilt a 2.0 l turbo and my low oil pressure light comes on after about ten minutes of run time I did put a new oil pump in it and cleaned everything when I did the rebuild. If I check the oil pressure with a gauge I get about 15psi at idle and up to 45 psi when revving the engine but I keep getting a low oil pressure warning. I have also replaced the pressure sending unit. I am at a loss.
Hi bud I do a few vw’s, I would try the wire to the oil pressure switch. If you take the wire off the sensor and connect a piece of wire to it and earth it to the engine somewhere, all the sensor does is create an earth signal so if you do this and the oil pressure still comes on then there’s a break in the wire somewhere. Seen dodgy wires a few times.
Yes mate spot on service on my b6 2.0 tdi £30 oil and filter all in. And the DPF and turbo whent bang a year ago so I know exactly what your talking about £800 later 😭
Hey bud yes oil and filter is really cheap yet some people think it’s ok to skip it as the car is running fine. It’s a good idea to have a DPF delete and remap it makes a massive difference on engine longevity. Thank you for your comment 👍
Hi mate, love the vids. I've got a BKD Jetta with a little issue, when rolling in neutral (clutch up) at very low speed, like coming to a stop for example, the engine misfires harshly and shakes the whole car. When I come fully to a stop it completely goes. If I'm in gear or the clutch is pressed down it runs perfectly... am i right in thinking flywheel? You seem like a very knowledgeable guy with these PD engines so thought you were the guy to ask. Cheers
Hi Charlie thank you mate appreciate that 👍👍, so when your slowing down and clutch up it’s misfiring then as you stop and depress the clutch it straightens up? If so first thing I reckon would be to look at the crank sensor, reason is when you press the clutch down it will ever so slightly move the crank and flywheel towards the sensor then as you let off it will move away slightly. That’s a pure stab in the dark without seeing it, does it have any fault codes stored?
@@YTDTETV Hi, thanks for the response. If I’m stopped with clutch up (idle) it’s fine, if I’m rolling with clutch down it’s fine. It’s only if I’m rolling when the clutch is up in neutral (coasting). No faults stored and have logged the injectors as I know BKD’s are common for injector loom issues and all seems fine. Apart from this it drives impeccably.
@@YTDTETV actually another thing that may be worth noting is that when starting sometimes it throws the whole car about with the rocking of the engine. Doesn’t really struggle at all but you really feel it.
@@charliemetcalfe6753 no worries happy to help, it is possible that the injector loom is playing up as any movement causes the same issue. If you work it out let me know 👍
Hi bud the hex drive only breaks in the 2.0tdi engines with the balance shaft it doesn’t fail on these. I had an Audi a4 that it failed so I removed the complete balance shaft and fitted the normal oil pump.
Hey bob I don’t normally use a torque wrench unless I’m doing something super important, I think the oil pump has a small chain coming from the crankshaft.
@@YTDTETV Mine is 1.6 tdi CR 2012 and the oil pump is belt driven I'm interested in shaft screw tightening torque the one that is removed with 19 socket.
Good video, thanks for this warning (if I don't like the way someone talks I just mute it and switch on captions, but you're ok with me) - oil light has come on my bkd at about 120,000 miles, I'll do this job tomorrow. I change oil with the best I can get with a new filter at 6000 miles tops. I see a couple of comments about the oil pump in these engines - any pointers as to what I should do? Also, I usually use a thin smear of hylomar blue but it looks as if you've used a thicker sealant? Cheers, Phil
Hey Phil sorry for the delay, ah man really appreciate the feedback 👍👍 have you done this job? These BKD’s don’t suffer with oil pumps it’s the A4’s and the passats. Yes I use a silicone type sealent for sumps. Let me know if I can help 👍 I’ll reply this time. Thank you
@@YTDTETV cheers mate - oil pressure gauge reads 5bar☺️. I found a lot of rusty earth connections to chassis behind the left headlamp, cleaned them up & that particular warning disappeared! There are also suddenly a lot of fault codes and the car is running erratically though, so when I get time I'm going to look🤞 more closely at the wiring harness & the ECU connector...
Had low oil pressure warning on my vaux zafira tourer 2.0 cdti turned out to be pick up seal failure common problem £700 to drop sump and replace ... ouch
Hey bud i have a 2.0 tdi Amarok with a flashing red oil light, I've changed the oil all looks good, switch has also been replaced but still have the blinking oil light. Someone mentioned it might be the oil pump thats on its way out. Where should i start,
@@YTDTETV thank you for your feedback. I have relaced the oil pump recently. I have tried grounding the switch itself to the head of the engine and the wiring is still perfect. But i still have the persistence of the oil light. There's no definite reason or proof that i can see that something is causing it.
i also got bkd engine the low oil pressure flashes up when the engine cranks over for 30 sec but i will be taking the sump off to cleaning it. i bought it as a none runner but this time last year the turbo went bang as i was driving home a lot of white smoke thought lol do you know of any other common faults ?
Hey Ashley 👍 I’ve blown a few turbos on these and they smoke a little for a while after till it’s all cleared out, I know that some of the early BKDs have a porous head so leak water but I have 2 early ones and never had a problem 👍
Hi 👍 I would first change oil and filter, then the oil pressure switch and lastly whip the sump off and check inside the pickup pipe. I think the oil pump will be ok.
I have a 2016 t6 vw caravelle. It has low pressure but I've changed the oil pump and pressure sensor, oil cooler housing, tested the oil cooler and the test was fine. The pressure reduces when the engine is hot. Please help
Hello there I have a 2010 cc 2.0 I have low oil pressure warning it's misfiring and klunking when I accelerate. The oil pan is covered in carbon i changed the coils and plugs and the pcv valve 113,000 miles do you think it's the same problem? Thank you
Hi baz.. your engine is the common rail engine so a little different. First thing I would try is oil pressure switch - oil & filter. The pressure switch is on the right hand side of the block just round the back little bit hard to see but it’s there. Try those first run for a minute and if it’s doesn’t fix then take the sump off 👍
I have oil leaking from under my gear box it as a vw simble with 3 bolts been tryin to find some1 to let me no wot part its called or if its bad or do i just need a new seal the leak isnt that bad its never driped on the floor just around the seal
I have 2012 VW Sharan. oil pressure warning light comes on straight after moving. change oil pressure switch, oil ,Oli filter, oil pick up pipe. still not solved. anyone have any idea.
I would check the wiring to the oil pressure switch, try earthing the wire to the engine block somewhere as all the pressure switch does is earth the wire out while running, if you try that and the oil pressure light comes still then the wire is broke somewhere
