My 84 with manual 4 speed did that once in a period about a month.
It turned out that my water pump was going bad which slightly over
heated the engine. After replacing the water pump it never did it
any more.

David

--- Ed <fasteddy64@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> I have an 84 vanagon, automatic, after it gets good and warm and has been driven vfor a while I
> notice at  idle I get a flickering oil light. Oil level is good, rasing the RPM's ever so
> slightly makes it go away, as does putting it in park and letting it idle.
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Ed Maikranz
> Abilene, TX
> 1984 Vanagon
> 1972 Riviera
>
>
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