Dixie has exhibited some strange oil light/buzzer behaviour.  It seems to be
triggered in wet conditions (all winter here, and some summers too).  It
seems to dry off and stop after a while - sometimes a 1/4 mile, sometimes
much longer.

Your flickering sounds a little more like it could be low oil pressure. Have
you tried changing the oil, maybe to something a tad heavier?  If the
flickering stops, you know what's wrong..........

On Jan 10, 2008 12:51 PM, John Graham <theklube@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have recently began to get an intermittent oil pressure alarm.  First
> time
> it went off, it scared the heck out of me.  I quickly stopped, checked for
> leaks, oil level etc. Started back up and it was fine, so I assumed it had
> a
> sensing problem of some sort.  All other indicators are good.
>
> I checked with my local shop which really knows Vanagons and works on
> problems that I don't want to deal with and the tech that I talked to said
> that this is not an uncommon problem with Vanagons of this age
> (160Kmiles),
> said could be a problem with the board on the back of the instrument panel
> or a wiring or sensor problem.  But basically left me feeling that I
> didn't
> have an emergency on my hands.
>
> The 'malfunction' has grown more frequent over the past few days.  As I
> drive, it will sometimes just flicker on and then back off. Does not seem
> more likely to come on if the revs are low.  If it stays on too long, I
> can
> just turn off the ignition and then back on again and it 'resets' to
> normal.  But it is one annoying noise even though it's not particularly
> loud.
>
> Have others experienced such oil pressure behavior?
>
> My next step is to locate the pressure sensors (I understand there are two
> of them) and make sure the connections are secure and surrounding wiring
> looks good.
>
> John Graham
> 88 Westy - Hathaway
> Charlotte, NC
>
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