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I have recently bought an Audi a3 2008 TFSI, and had a mechanic checking the engine over before buying it. He had to repair an oil leak and refilled the oil, everything seemed good to him.

Today when I was driving through the hills, the oil pressure warning light appeared on my dashboard. I stopped the car and checked if the oil level was fine. It is definitely not leaking anymore, but I feel like there is too much oil in it.

Please check out the attached image.

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There is a slight bend in it, but the arrow indicates the oil lvl.

Is this an exces amount of oil, and could this be causing problems with the oil pressure?

I appreciate the help

MartijnKozijn
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I have an Audi A3 with the same EA888 engine, just 2.0 litre instead of 1.8 litre. Very similar other than a stroke increase and some variable camshaft differences. Based on the Haynes manual, the oil capacity is 4.6 litres. Having just put fresh oil into this engine at that amount, the oil level sits just above the bend below the 'Max' wording (measuring cold and on a flat surface).

So I would guess that there is about a litre of extra oil there. If the oil pressure warning does not repeatedly come on, I'd be inclined to not worry about it - it's anecdotal but in my experience, mechanics who have done oil changes for me (but not on this Audi) tend to put more oil in. It seems they favour too much rather than too little - possibly a safety margin in the event there is a leak elsewhere.

Note that these engines have a reputation for both consuming oil in 'normal' operation and for sump leaks (probably what you had).

timbo
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