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Subject:Re: Low oil Pressure
From:Davidson
Date:Mon, 24 Apr 2000 08:01:21 -0700

Cary,
I could be you're using oil that is too light and/or the wrong oil filter...
check out the oil pressure problems article by Karl Bloss at www.vanagon.com
for a better understanding of this.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Cary McHugh <MeCary@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, April 24, 2000 7:54 AM
Subject: Low oil Pressure

>A new problem cropped up this weekend. When cold my oil light is fine.
After
>10-15 minutes of running, the oil pressure light started flickering at
idle.
>Now it is on at anything less than 2000 rpm. The level is good and the oil
>looked OK when cold. I didn't check it while hot (maybe foaming up).
Anyway
>I can't think of what could be causing this. I am looking for suggestions.
>
>Cary in San Jose, CA
>'85 Westy "Turtle Girl"
>