dawn

i would attribute it to excessive clearance in the main bearings and the
big end of the connecting rods.  make sure that you have a good german oil
filter on with the proper anti drain down check valve.  additionally you
could run 20-50 oil, but that will only do so much to make up the
clearances between metal components.  the next time you change your oil
cut open the oil filter and examine the pleats of the oil filter for metal
particles.

jonathan

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Woodrose Dawn wrote:

> 85 Vanagon GL with stock 1.9 L
> When warm oil light will flicker at idle.  Any ideas.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> -Dawn
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