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Re: VW Passat Oil light - <Sorry, Not AutoX>

To: jake@codeworm.com
Subject: Re: VW Passat Oil light - <Sorry, Not AutoX>
From: james creasy <jcreasy@perforce.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:05:12 -0700
>He says he's heard the engines in those cars are susecptable to some kind of 
>gunky oil buildup,

take it to thunderhill and drive couple sessions to blow the gunk out.

james
OSP - Oily, Silvery Particles



jake@codeworm.com wrote:

>My boss, who is awesome, says his oil light came on in his circa 2003 VW 
>Passat Wagon.  The oil is full.  He said he was able to plug in a code reader 
>and see some diagnostic that showed the oil pressure falls below 2 bars at 
>idle, but goes up above 2 bars when he hits the gas.  He says he's heard the 
>engines in those cars are susecptable to some kind of gunky oil buildup, but 
>doesn't have a way to verify that's going on in his engine.  The car has 90k 
>miles on it, and went through it's 90k mile service including a timing belt 
>about 3 weeks ago.  The shop that did that work claims they have no idea what 
>could cause this, of course.
>
>First, does anyone have any ideas for him?  (I ran out of suggestions after, 
>"leave it in a ditch somewhere," but I'd love to be able to help him out.)
>
>Second, can anyone recommend a trustworthy VW shop in the South Bay, 
>particularly near Cupertino, Mountain View, etc.?
>
>Thanks for your help!
>
>Jake




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