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Re: Oil pressure gauges and engine life
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 9 May 2012 23:19:40 -0400
...Both had a low oil >level warning light in addition to the oil pressure gauge. The low oil >level light But they did have...
Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:46:40 -0700
...it is not likely your oil pressure light is going to come on anyway .. unless say ...it uses or leaks oil and you're...
Re: instrument panel
Historical mailing list
Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:44:34 -0400
...Thanks Merv the dynamic (hi) oil pressure switch wont be there on the 85's foil ..so your oil pressure warning light buzzer wont...
Re: Fw: '86 Westy Oil light flickers briefly...other basic ?'s
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:31:46 -0500
...If it's the latter your in for >seeing a rod poking through the case in short order ! That oil pressure >warning light system...
81 oil pressure
Historical mailing list
Thu, 13 Jun 1996 23:26:16 -0400
...wt oil which my vw shop uses. Previously I used 20/50 and even very hot temps only triggered the warning light after a...
Re: Late model instrument cluster in '85 and earlier - Clarification needed
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:20:46 -0800
...basic low rpm pressure circuit is working. Assuming a working oil light at low engine speed if your oil warning buzzer is going off...
RE: oil light/buzzer
Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
Mon, 18 Aug 1997 10:50:40 -0700
...Under 2000RPM the oil cct. kicks in at near 0.3 bar, about 5PSI, pretty damn low pressure for a warning to act on...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 07:28:20 -0400
The VDO gauges activate the warning light at a higher pressure than the stock sensor. That makes it usable for more than a need...
Important - oil pressure query
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:36:10 -0500
...new panel into an old Vgon) will result in *no oil pressure warning at all* when operating over 2000 rpm. Could someone please test...
Re: Blue foil tragedy
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Fri, 6 Aug 2010 06:07:05 -0700
...which means you might be� missing high and low rpm oil pressure warning, and evidently, charging warning -� if the battery symbol light doesn't...
Re: 85 Westy GL- Winterizing tips?/Newbie Tips
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:55:37 -0500
...All I know is that the oil warning buzzer and light come on at various times with Fram filters, but not with OE VW...
Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:15:42 -0700
...with the light. Do > you really want to not get a warning anyway with only 3.5 psi of oil > pressure? <Suddenly feeling singled...
Re: Important - oil pressure query
Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:13:54 EST
...Without the high pressure sender installed, the system apparently will not provide low oil pressure warning above 2000 rpm. Gary Dennis Haynes wrote: For...
Re: Oil press. warning buzzer
Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 23:36:13 -0400
...IGNORE THESE WARNING SIGNS...AND DON'T DISCONNECT THE GAUGE OR WARNING LIGHT. These are your safety net. Without oil pressure, your expensive motor...
Re: Read your manual: Oil pressure nonsense
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:23:56 +0000
...oil pressure warning light when > the engine > is idling after a long high speed trip is no cause for concern > if the light > goes...
Oil pressure sensor confusion (Was: Before I buy an engine ...)
Historical mailing list - Jeff Howard
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 12:34:37 -0400
I'm following up on all the advice I received for my '87 Westy's low oil pressure problem. The warning light and buzzer...
Re: VDO gauges
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 18:11:55 -0700
...VDO gauges >David Marshall wrote: > >> Vanagon already has a decent oil pressure warning system. >> If it goes below 0.3BAR the oil pressure light...
Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:43:19 -0700
...seems like the light coming on at 7psi rather than 4 psi would give you more warning of low oil pressure problems and thus...
Re: That oil buzzer
Historical mailing list - Kk Al
Tue, 5 May 2015 10:37:53 -0400
...Fresh oil and filter. When we pull off an exit the oil > buzzer goes off and warning light turn on. We stop, check the...
Re: Before I buy an engine ...
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 23:28:58 -0400
...Each change helped in that > it took longer for the warning to to start. Have always used VW oil > filters. Had oil pressure sensors...
Before I buy an engine ...
Historical mailing list - Jeff Howard
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:15:13 -0400
...Each change helped in that it took longer for the warning to to start. Have always used VW oil filters. Had oil pressure sensors...
OIL PRESSURE LIGHT
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:09:20 -0500
...Now the oil pressure light AND warning horn go off, just crusing anywhere. Smooth road, rough road, fast or slow, it just happens. It...
Re: Oil pressure switch question (air cooled)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:35:16 -0700
...pressure oil pressure switch is connected to my > Westy's oil light, it might be supplying a ground to the brake warning > light when...
Re: OIL warning light up
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:58 -0400
...OIL warning light up >Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:38:07 -0400 > > "The Westy man" <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM> said: > > > OK, I will check...
Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:19:08 -0500
...With the > dry sump setup we're working on, there will be both oil level > indicators for the res, and pressure warning both light...
Re: OIL warning light up
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:42:09 -0400
...Best would be to get an oil pressure test gauge and see what the pressure really is. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL
Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Sat, 6 Sep 2014 18:27:33 -0400
...of motors that an engine of those miles showing an oil pressure warning when hot is getting worn out and needs attention. You don...
Re: oil warning system q's and a part request
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:54:15 -0800
...oil warning system q's and a part request I had an 87 Fox wagon that I bought for $400. The oil light stayed...
Re: Spooked!
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 5 Jun 2011 08:47:13 -0500
...oil light problem and warning horn this way before. Only happened once when a belt broke and knocked the wire of the pressure switch...
Re: Important - oil pressure query
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Thu, 4 Nov 1999 08:09:23 -0500
...high pressure sender above 2000 RPM. > Without the high pressure sender installed, the system apparently will not > provide low oil pressure warning above 2000...
Fwd: Continuing saga of Oil Pressure light...
Historical mailing list - Ben S
Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:28:40 -0700
...as for me, i keep getting purely random, intermittend oil pressure warnings. the light will flash on for a second or two and then...
Oil pressure gauge
Historical mailing list - Moritz, Thomas W NWW
Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:02:29 -0700
...We drove about 200 miles with the oil pressure indicator light blinking and getting progressively worse but not a peep out oil pressure warning...
Re: oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
Mon, 7 May 2007 10:09:11 -0700
...the buzzer/warning light. Going then back to idle no blinking occurs. I believe that there is certainly a low oil pressure problem, as...
Re: Oil Light
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 8 Aug 2006 18:17:55 -0500
...Most likely the oil pressure is "OK", but better to be sure. > > Good Luck! > > Howard > > Subject: Re: Oil Light > > >> The light is blinking while...
Re: Oil press. warning buzzer
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 13:25:46 -0500
...There are actually two separate oil pressure warning sensors (switches). VW figured that there should be more pressure at higher rpms, so they divided...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 20:23:07 -0700
...oil light can get the warning led coming on when it wouldn't be if the light was connected to the proper spec pressure...
Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Thu, 2 May 2019 11:06:26 -0400
...stock oil warning setup is a simple system why not fix it? > > At least make sure to have a working warning light to get...
Re: cheap gauges from JC Whitney
Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:44:47 +0200
...low oil pressure ! The original oil pressure sender is almost always of good quality and accurate so if you�re installing an oilpressuregauge use...
Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 20:33:00 -0400
...seems like the light coming on at 7psi rather than 4 psi would give you > more warning of low oil pressure problems and thus...
Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 3 May 2019 10:07:04 -0700
...stock oil warning setup is a simple system why not fix it? > > > > At least make sure to have a working warning light to get...
Re: Swapping clock for Tach in an 84? a bit long.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:54:54 -0700
...Anybody > have any hints on what I might do to 'dissable' the dynamic oil pressure > warning 'tone', etc? > My current instruments light up upon...
Re: Oil Light Warning buzzer problem...help?
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Sun, 26 May 2002 08:05:06 -0700
...Joel 89 Syncro Westy MV Rochester NY. --- kevin obrien <kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Hello All: > I have a 1990 Carat... > My oil warning light...
Re: Spooked!-temp gauge-oip pressure problems.
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 5 Jun 2011 10:11:11 -0500
...oil light > problem and warning horn this way before. Only happened once when a belt > broke and knocked the wire of the pressure switch...
Re: HELP! Instrument Cluster Gremlins!
Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeffrey (Jeff) S (J6C)
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:50:41 -0400
...Turning on the light switch kills the oil pressure warning and the water temp warning light flashes for a few seconds as if you...
Vanagon Stereo Override?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:13:07 -0800
...connect the coil of an 87- 87a relay to coolant and oil pressure warning systems and relay switch to stereo positive power. As a...
Re: Oil Filter & Oil Pressure - 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:29:38 -0400
On the air cooled engines, the oil pressure switch is before the filter. You will not fix the light with a filter. The proper...
Re: help me stop the oil light from blinking!
Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 07:06:25 EST
...provided there is sufficient oil pressure. If you momentarily short this wire to ground and start the engine, the warning should not occur at...
Oil Pressure Warning Light
Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:24:48 -0500
...the low pressure sensor on the engine block.) Both checked out at 0 ohms to ground, so I figure the warning light circuit is...
Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:09:59 -0800
...light only comes on if the LED is functional! The DPO proudly pointed out that he never got a low oil pressure light, but...
Re: OIL warning light up
Historical mailing list - The Westy man
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:33:08 -0700
...OIL warning light up > someone suggested a '15 most common vanagon electrical glitches' list. > this has to be on it for sure ! > we must...
Re: Read your manual: Oil pressure nonsense
Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:41:22 -0400
...oil pressure warning light when > > the engine > > is idling after a long high speed trip is no cause for concern > > if the light > > goes...
Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters, now emissions indicator lights.
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:11:39 -0600
I love that word "Rebuked"! Consider it done! LOL! John On 3/5/2014 1:18 PM, Project Pat wrote: > All I think of...
Re: Read your manual: Oil pressure nonsense
Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:39:58 -0400
...oil pressure warning light when > > the engine > > is idling after a long high speed trip is no cause for concern > > if the light > > goes...
low oil warning light/buzzer
Historical mailing list - bpremack
Tue, 9 Sep 1997 15:00:29 -0500
...About 10-30 seconds after a cold start (at temperatures under about 60 F) the oil warning light/buzzer come on for a block...
Re: First trip: HELP! Oil Pressure Light
Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 12:51:24 -0500
...The only mechanical problem we had was the OIL PRESSURE warning light came on. This happened four times total and was always transient. I...
Re: what causes low oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:25:01 -0500
...The oil warning light is connected electrically, so, the problem could be electrical ... or with the pressure. The electrical sender is on the driver...
OIL SWITCH ON! Questions from frustrated Westy Owner!
Historical mailing list
Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:29:33 -0500
...Oil pressure warning buzzer and indicator light flash and sound intermittently while driving down the highway. Randomly goes on and off. Replaced both brown...
Re: Update and question inline VW Van block swap (in progress)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:21:22 -0700
...The oil pressure warning light, > however...stays dark with key on-- motor off.)...then it lights up > (flickering sometimes) when the motor starts and...
Oil pressure light
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 08:54:58 -0500
Last week I had the coolant warning light/buzzer going off after the mechanic changed the leaking rear seal, oil cover plate on my...
Re: oil buzzer buzzing all the time
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:10:38 -0500
...Low pressure at idle would illuminate the warning lamp but not sound the buzzer. The causes can be many, including an oil weight that...