944 S2 - Oil light on and will not start

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clevey@mweb.co.za - 31 Dec 2006 14:14 GMT

My S2's oil light is on and the car battles to start. When it does, one
of the belts is squealing. I had all of the belts replaced less than
1,500km ago. The oil level is fine. The car has 170,000km on the clock.
Where do I start?

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Alec - 31 Dec 2006 18:11 GMT

When it starts what is the oil pressure?

Alec

> My S2's oil light is on and the car battles to start. When it does, one
> of the belts is squealing. I had all of the belts replaced less than
> 1,500km ago. The oil level is fine. The car has 170,000km on the clock.
> Where do I start?

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clevey@mweb.co.za - 31 Dec 2006 18:43 GMT

> When it starts what is the oil pressure?
>
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> > 1,500km ago. The oil level is fine. The car has 170,000km on the clock.
> > Where do I start?

Pressure is normal. 3 to 3.5 going up to 5 when rev'd.

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clevey@mweb.co.za - 31 Dec 2006 19:40 GMT

Here is an update:

Car is now starting and oil light is off. (Oil light on left of gauges
- Is this temp?). The belt now only squeals if I switch on lights,
demister, etc all at once. Oil pressure is constantly at 5 bars (idle
only - have not driven again). Does this sound like an alternator
problem?

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William Noble - 01 Jan 2007 01:25 GMT

alternator belt is loose - tighten it

>> My S2's oil light is on and the car battles to start. When it does, one
>> of the belts is squealing. I had all of the belts replaced less than
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> only - have not driven again). Does this sound like an alternator
> problem?

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