

| Subject: | Re: blinking oil light |
| From: | Karl Bloss |
| Date: | Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:08:28 -0400 |
Bjorn, It sounds like the high-pressure sensor might be the culprit. The L-board is the other, as you suggested. Check on vanagon.com under "problems"...there's a description of the dynamic oil pressure system and whether the switch should be open or closed at good pressure. Also, it wouldn't hurt to install a real oil pressure gauge...the analog kind. That way you know for sure what's going on, especially on a new rebuild. -Karl On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Bjorn Ratjen laid this bit of wit and wisdom upon us: > I came across a problem where I would need some helpful hints: Upon start > everything is normal, all lights go out. Once the engine revs over 2500rpm > the oil light starts blinking and the buzzer sounds. When you shut of the > engine and start again the buzzer is quiet again until you accelerate the > engine. There is enough oil in the engine. The engine has just been rebuilt > completely. The oil pump is okay. There are two new oil sensors in the > engine and the wiring connections seem to be fine. > > I can only think of two suspects: the control chip in the dash or the > pressure release valve. Any other ideas or hints on what to test? The > Bentley manual has some testing procedures but they are in the end not > really conclusive in this case. > -- Karl & Kristina Bloss - vanagon@makarov.com 1987 Westfalia Weekender "Bev" - 198K Miles http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw VW Shop List: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops Linux 2.2.14-5.0
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