

| Subject: | Re: oil light and buzzer |
| From: | Fitz-Randolph, Douglas |
| Date: | Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:34:30 -0500 |
> << It happened after about 30 minutes on the freeway at about 60 miles > per hour. He was slowing down on an exit ramp. >> > > Hi Debra. > > I've had the absolutely exact same thing happen with my '90 Syncro - > slowing down on an exit ramp after a while at 65-70 MPH. It'll happen > several times over a week or so, then not for a while, then again a few > times in a row. Well guess what I've found? Since driving 150+ miles in > a day would be a longer than usual trip for my van, and I would typically > check the fluids before departing, topping up if needed. If I top up the > oil a little too much, the oil pressure light/buzzer will come on while > decelerating after extended high-speed cruising. Why? I don't know, > really. There might be a problem with some other component that having > too much oil exacerbates, however, since I started being careful n-o-t > to overfill the oil, I have not had the buzzer come on at all. Correlation > does not imply causation, of course, and my sample size is in no way > statistically significant, so ymmv. I just use regular orange oil filters > - I like the ones with the grippy black stuff on the end - and plain old > organic oil of the correct viscosity for the season, btw, and have not > had any other lubrication-related issues. > > Doug Fitz-Randolph > Freeport, ME > '90 Syncro > >
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