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Subject:Re: Need help
From:Jere Hawn
Date:Mon, 9 May 2005 08:38:29 -0700

I was using Castrol 20/50 at the time this occurred

Jere

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jimt
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 8:01 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Need help

On 5/9/05 3:53 AM, "Robert Cardo" <rrecardo@WEBTV.NET> wrote:

> <<Then why did the problem go away when I changed the oil filter to a
> Mahle? And its has been running fine for the last 1K mile>>
>
> And ths shall remain a mystery.
>
> RC
>
>

In testing I found that the bypass valve in the fram was a rather strong
one.  This could cause a low enough pressure at the lower pressure sense
switch to cause a buzzer alarm with thick oil.
Jimt