Hi guys,

I noticed the oil light flickering intermittently tonight with a faint smell of oil and no hot air blowing out of the vents when the temp was on HI. Car runs fine but obviously there is something wrong with it

I can't check the oil at the moment or have a poke around the engine but was wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar issue and how you fixed it?

Car is a 2012 1.6 TDCi 

 

Any help appreciated!

Thanks

The last thing you want to be doing is driving round with the oil light on. It shouldn't need saying, but you'll just end up with a scrap engine if you starve it of oil.

Start with the basics. Check fluid levels (and make sure they look the correct colour) and then look for leaks.

Initially it sounds like two unconnected problems (but not definite)No hot air normally means lack of coolant, not enough coolant to carry heat from engine to heater matrix. My previous 1.6tdci did that and I found the plastic thermostat cover was leaking coolant. On end of engine above the bell housing. Don’t forget oil light is a pressure light not a level light. All the time it runs with light on is damaging the plain metal bearings in the engine, every second.

9 hours ago, Mfk2021 said:

I can't check the oil at the moment or have a poke around the engine but was wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar issue and how you fixed it?

You'll have plenty of time to poke around very soon when the engine is scrap.

When did you last have it fully serviced ?

Odd, on reading this thread title, this is all I had in mind... 😁

 

It's good to know that the OP checked on our suggestions at just after 11:00pm tonight.