that sucks.. Oil leaks are not fun.I would tend to think the oil gauge is not reading correctly.do you have another temp gauge of any kind laying around?You could swap out the gauge really quick to see if that's the case using the current sending unit.If it reads high as well try another sender to make sure you have eliminated the gauge being an issue.
I asked this question a while ago but i didn't really get a straight forward answer... I know one of them is to turn the glow plugs off, and the other? If anyone knows what colour wire does what that would be great
Blue/white - is the glow plug sender (I have this disconnected on every TD VW i've ever owned - and recommend it everyone who struggles with hot starts)
the EGT gauge only JUST registers 600F and it launches with the scream of the turbo...