AudiA4 (B8) Forum ; Oil pressure sensor Oil pressure sensor. By VrX, August 19, 2018 in Audi A4 (B8) Now I can drive again I've had a few issues. Firstly I have noticed an oil patch appear under car (parked in driveway and never had a spot of oil previously) but I am physically unable to get underneath car presently to check on that soNooil dipstick under the hood. After many attempts of trying to fix the problem, I eventually realized the hood latch was bad. The car only measures the oil level when the hood is opened. Since it didn't know the hood was ever opening, it never re-checked the oil level sensor and kept on with the low oil warning. AsGareth mentioned earlier on the post are these sensors programming-in parts ? The oil pressure was tested with a gauge & computer tool and was confirmed OK. Could this be a mechanical fault like engine wear due to running with low oil pressure, oil pump or / and the oil pressure control valve N428 ?
Second just a bad oil pressure switch (aka pressure sensor, aka pressure sender). DO NOT ASSUME a sensor issue. The overwhelmingly common problem with the 1.8T is a clogged pickup screen. The correct response to this problem is to get the oil pressure checked (as in with a gauge) and compared against specification and known
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S4/ RS4 (B5 Platform) Discussion - oil pressure sensor - i think my oil pressure sensor went bad after wiper fluid was poured onto it. ive searched and found out where it is but i cant see it. So could someone please explain how i can get to the thing seems like a pita? thanks84K - 96 K. $ 939. $ 932. Scheduled Maintenance Costs. Repair Costs. Calculations based on 12,000 miles driven per year. This is an estimate of what you might expect to pay for routine gCy41W.