Sorry, not a Scirocco question

[Village Idiots]

Does anybody know if modern engines have a sensor which would switch the engine to limp mode if desperately in need of an oil change?

[mr.brown]

Oil level sensor but I've not heard of an oil quality sensor. That said, some engines - specifically the 1.6 Ford/Peugeot/Citroen engine from 06 onwards had a very fine tolerance for oil quality and would destroy the turbo and then the engine. First symptoms were going into limp mode when the turbo started to disintegrate - presumably the ECU knew there was some kind of issue.

[mark1gls]

If your car is in desperate need of an oil change I would change the oil and see if it make any difference, regular oil changes is important to any engine.

[Jack92]

I was driving a new Astra recently and it put itself into limp mode as it needed a service, once the service indicator was reset it was fine. So could also be software related in your case


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