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Re: low oil warning light/buzzer
Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
Tue, 9 Sep 1997 22:18:21 -0400
...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: Oil light and warning
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:47:00 +0000
...Jim On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 3:40 PM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > This light and warning horn fault of coming...
Re: Which gauges?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 2 Jun 2000 13:37:52 -0700
...I recently added a voltmeter and oil pressure guage, and used the dual VDO sender that retains the warning light. I highly recommend you...
Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Thu, 2 May 2019 12:06:58 -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: Oil light?
Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
Sun, 17 Dec 2000 12:19:50 EST
...Or, if anyone out there knows why releasing the parking brake would make the warning light go out while the oil pressure is in...
Re: low oil warning light/buzzer
Historical mailing list - TBill
Tue, 9 Sep 1997 21:34:10 -0700
...I run a > multi-viscosity oil like the 10-40 you mentioned, I have similar > low-pressure warning lights and buzzers going off. I...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 18:26:35 -1000
...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 Lamp?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 10 May 2012 19:00:18 -0700
...turn key on ........voltage flows through warning light because it 'sees' the ground supplied by the OP switch when there is no oil pressure...
Re: Hello - Idiot oil light keeps coming on!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 7 Nov 2010 19:33:35 -0800
...you 'must' get battery warning light, and oil pressure light, and flashing light in the temp gauge. Some vans with oxygen sensor counters also...
Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
Historical mailing list - mordo
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:56:01 -0500
...a Mann filter. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There was no flashing light. Is this the sound of the oil > pressure > > > > > warning > > > > > > > buzzer? If so, it seems silly. It...
Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:03:03 -0800
...a Mann filter. > > > > > > There was no flashing light. Is this the sound of the oil pressure > warning > > > buzzer? If so, it seems silly. It...
82 Vanagon D: oil light blinks on after hard braking
Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:08:33 -0700
...I haven't got the VDO oil pressure gauge I bought working yet, so can't report on oil pressure numbers. Any input / warnings...
Oil pressure light
Historical mailing list - Moritz, Thomas W NWW
Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:25:12 -0700
...is the oil light illuminated below 2000RPM? And, why don't I hear a sound out of the oil pressure warning buzzer above 2000RPM...
Re: Trip and tire report
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 8 Jul 2015 14:01:19 -0700
...Still no oil pressure warning buzzers or flickering warning light at idle. I still usually see 10-15 psi at idle. I am using...
Re: Vanagon Stereo Override?
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:47:16 -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...
oil pressure warning system anomaly?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 2 Dec 2010 23:11:22 -0800
...Changing the oil cooler o-ring fixed the leak. However, the oil pressure light would not stop blinking, even if the rpm was raised...
VDO Oil Pressure Gauges and BusBoys
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda's Personal email
Tue, 8 Oct 2002 22:08:07 -0700
Hello, first, I want to thank the following people for giving me advice on my low oil pressure light problem, G.M. Bulley, William...
Re: Oil pressure gauges and engine life
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 9 May 2012 21:35:48 -0700
...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: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:08:48 -0500
...No oil buzzer > • 20w50 and Mahle? filters. > > So, one might ask “Where there any unusual events that might trigger this sudden oil pressure light...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:42:05 -0500
...No oil > > >> buzzer • 20w50 and Mahle? filters. > > >> > > >> So, one might ask “Where there any unusual events that might trigger this sudden oil pressure light...
Re: 2.1 dynamic oil pressure system
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:38:23 -0400
...1 OP >warning system works. Oil pressure problem or sensor problem? If the sender on the side is grounded, the light blinks. If the...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 08:39:33 -0700
...No oil > >> buzzer • 20w50 and Mahle? filters. > >> > >> So, one might ask “Where there any unusual events that might trigger this sudden oil pressure light...
Re: Idioit Lights?
Historical mailing list - Hotch
Tue, 14 Jan 1997 13:22:33 -0500
...Any Ideas??? > > My oil pressure light used to blink as well, fixed the problem by splicing a > wire to the oil pressure sender switch...
Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:28:04 -0500
...a Mann filter. > > > > > > > > > > > > There was no flashing light. Is this the sound of the oil pressure > > > > warning > > > > > > buzzer? If so, it seems silly. It...
Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
Historical mailing list - mordo
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:30:35 -0500
...a Mann filter. > > > > > > > > > > > > There was no flashing light. Is this the sound of the oil > pressure > > > > warning > > > > > > buzzer? If so, it seems silly. It...
Re: 1991 Carat - the drama continues
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:04:38 -0700
...my heart sank! As > the van slowed the oil light came on with the warning horn. What tne heck! ...... > Tomorrow it gets a new...
Oil pressure gremlin
Historical mailing list - Chuck Kuecker
Thu, 2 Mar 2000 19:16:19 -0600
...At a narrow range around 2000 RPM, the oil pressure warning light and buzzer come on. Above and below this range there is no...
Re: Read your manual: Oil pressure nonsense
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:48:16 -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: Update and question inline VW Van block swap (in progress)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:55:35 -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...
Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters, now emissions indicator lights.
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:59:23 -0600
...get back on the topic of oil pressure warnings instead of running each other's blood pressure.;-) "Get on bus, Gus." The bus topic...
Re: oil gauges
Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 22:04:12 -0500
...The warning light changed the entire face of the gauge to > Red with an LED light-hard to ignore! > > Does anyone know the name...
Re: oil pressure light
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 4 Apr 2010 16:53:22 -0700
...oil pressure light > Dou you have a Bentley manual? It is easy to spot. If you are looking at > the engine, it is right...
Re: Oil Light flashing
Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:37:30 -0500
...Haynes wrote: > '85 doesn;t have the high pressure sensor or the dynamic oil pressure warning system. Just the low sensor. Since the ligh...
Re: Oil Pressure Lamp? Denoument.
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 10 May 2012 16:56:47 -0700
...no warning lamps, everything > read okay. But this morning, I needed to move the van a couple hundred feet > and the oil pressure lamp...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Aaron
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:34:15 -0700
...No oil buzzer >> • 20w50 and Mahle? filters. >> >> So, one might ask “Where there any unusual events that might trigger this sudden oil pressure light...
Dim Oil LIght, Ign. On Engine Off
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:43:38 -0700
...Am testing new "T14" connectors I wired in so brake warning light is not connected. I'm running a "Dynamic Oil Pressure "L" board...
Re: Dim Oil LIght, Ign. On Engine Off
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:14:07 -0700
...wired in so brake warning light is > not connected. > > I'm running a "Dynamic Oil Pressure "L" board. Oil light has always worked fine...
Re: oil pressure warning
Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
Fri, 4 May 2001 08:14:53 -0500
...oil pressure warning > I have read several threads in the archives on this system, and also have > some experience on it because I own...
Re: Before I buy an engine ...
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 14:40:47 EDT
...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 WARNING
Historical mailing list - David Ludlow
Mon, 18 Aug 1997 16:48:09 +0000
...The problem is the drop in oil pressure as indicated by the warning light and buzzer on deceleration from speed (say in excess of...
Re: Newer instrument cluster in '84 van
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 18 May 2014 18:39:37 -0400
...high rpm >pressure switch and only uses the primary pressure switch. Yes, it would need the ground to make the warning light blink. Yrs...
Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 6 Sep 2014 15:44:13 -0700
...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: Vanagon oil light question for you - dissection of the light
Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:57:21 -0700
...Well, the gauge tells me I have real oil pressure light problems! Never before with the stock light sender did the light give me...
Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Aaron
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 12:29:19 -0700
...No oil buzzer • 20w50 and Mahle? filters. So, one might ask “Where there any unusual events that might trigger this sudden oil pressure light...
Re: Febi Val Lifters!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 5 Jun 2016 19:38:34 -0400
...BTW does the oil pressure warning light work? I'll bet this is accompanied with a flickering oil pressure light at idle. Dennis > On...
Re: Electrical weirdness
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 2 May 2015 09:01:40 -0400
...For the oil pressure warning buzzer there are two pressure sensors. The .9 bar sensor is the one that activates the buzzer and lamp...
Re: lets talk about oil pressure issues
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:32:54 -0500
...the warning lite goes on at 2200 rpm. Brian, Try 10W40. I started to have oil light flicker with 10W30 this summer (91 vanagon...
Re: oil buzzer buzzing all the time
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:06 -0600
...Low pressure at idle would illuminate the warning lamp but not > sound the buzzer. > > The causes can be many, including an oil weight that...
Re: 91 Vanagon, oil pressure anomaly
Historical mailing list
Thu, 6 Jun 1996 23:35:11 -0400
...Every time I exit the freeway, the oil pressure >light and buzzer (you know, the one that triples your heart rate in a >split...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:10:09 -0400
...No oil > > >> buzzer • 20w50 and Mahle? filters. > > >> > > >> So, one might ask “Where there any unusual events that might trigger this sudden oil pressure light...
Re: oil light
Historical mailing list
Thu, 2 Nov 1995 22:51:12 -0600
...type after the explanation of the oil pressure light:"An occasional flickering of the oil pressure warning light when the engine is idling after...
Re: Oil Light Warning buzzer problem...help?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 26 May 2002 21:09:28 -0500
...at is the Oil Filter! > > If you are using anything but a MANN or genuine VW filter the relief > pressure valve is not appropriately...
Re: Trip and tire report
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 8 Jul 2015 20:33:59 -0400
...Still no oil pressure warning buzzers or flickering warning light at idle. I still usually see 10-15 psi at idle. I am using...
Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:49:22 -0800
...a Mann filter. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There was no flashing light. Is this the sound of the oil > > pressure > > > > > warning > > > > > > > buzzer? If so, it seems silly. It...
88 Inst. Cluster in 85
Historical mailing list - Michael Claire
Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:05:52 -0800
...1) The oil Pressure Warning light and alarm are activated shortly after leaving the driveway. 2) the highbeam indicator blue lamp is activated on...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:53:34 -0500
...No oil buzzer > >> • 20w50 and Mahle? filters. > >> > >> So, one might ask “Where there any unusual events that might trigger this sudden oil pressure light...
Re: Stopping the oil buzzer under the dash
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:41:04 -0700
...I kinda remember that the basic oil warning light still workedon that one. .........though I can't say about a vanagon for sure right...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:59:49 -0500
...No oil > > > >> buzzer • 20w50 and Mahle? filters. > > > >> > > > >> So, one might ask “Where there any unusual events that might trigger this sudden oil pressure light...
'87 Westy - need to buy engine
Historical mailing list - Jeff Howard
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:13:18 -0400
...Regarding the low oil pressure, my oil warning light comes on after being on the highway for awhile or driving in hot weather. The...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:39:21 -0400
...No oil buzzer > • 20w50 and Mahle? filters. > > So, one might ask “Where there any unusual events that might trigger this > sudden oil pressure light...