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>Sent: 09/24/00 16:34:59
>From: kpb@GNV.IFAS.UFL.EDU
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: oil light
>
>Been reading the posts re: oil lights.  My '84 Westy has gone from being my
>daily ride to a once a week ride since I bought a '92 Jetta a month ago.
>Now suddenly when I crank her up, the oil light doesn't go out for the first
>2 or 3 miles.  My question, however, is this:  the oil light does not glow
>brightly but only dimly, and it eventually just fades out.  Does the
>brightness have anything to do with the degree of oil pressure?  In other
>words, does the light glow more brightly in really BAD situations and glow
>less in barely bad situations?  Of course, I'm hoping that the LED is just
>sticky from the 100