Audi A4 1.8T loud engine noise, oil?

[Lord_Howit_Hertz]

Evening all,

I have a 2002 Audi A4 1.8T, used for getting back and to from the station. Today's journey became a litte longer than normal and after an hour the oil warning light came on. Pulled over check oil, levels are fine, but a few minutes later the engine started making a louder ticking noise.

There is no loss of power or performance, just a horrible noise and an occasional warning light.

Can anyone shed some light here, Google has brought up everything from sludge in oil pipe to house will set on fire and kill all pets etc.

Should I park up leave it get it recovered, or is it okay to drive to a garage etc?

Any help appreciated.

[DuraAce]

Blocked pick up pipe in the sump? I wouldn't drive it with (potentially) no oil pressure.

[ManOpener]

The 1.8T has an issue with oil pick-up blockages. This would be my first point of call. There are guides for DIY identification on the interwebs but most of them seem to involve the transverse rather than longitudinal engines.

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/61020...

[Lord_Howit_Hertz]

Thanks for the feedback and links gents.

[Vince70]

Oil starvation due to a blocked oil pickup it's common on the 1.8 turbo and is normally due to the car missing the odd oil change here and there once the car starts getting on.
The weird thing it doesn't effect the non turbo.

Edited by Vince70 on Thursday 25th December 12:34

[S0 What]

Vince70 said:

Oil starvation due to a blocked oil pickup it's common on the 1.8 turbo and is normally due to the car missing the odd oil change here and there once the car starts getting on.
The weird thing it doesn't effect the non turbo.

Edited by Vince70 on Thursday 25th December 12:34

Possably a sludged up oil strainer on the pickup,? usually due to infrequent oil changes and/or turning engine off after a hard run when the turbo is still hot, that's where the sludge comes from, boiled oil in the turbo, the turbo gets very hot and breaks down the oil more/quicker than a NA engine.

[Mojocvh]

Can be a bugger of a job but it's possible to get the sump off without dropping the subframe.#

The parts to cx the strainer are relatively inexpensive but it's the hours that add up.

OT I get slated for using Fuchs ester 5w-30 on some forums but I think it's the BEST oil for these type of engines, or -40 in the summer..