sounds like someone put a thinner oil in the engine.It needs 20/50 I have
seen this to many times
the quickie oil chance guys ad 5/30 thats what most new car run
change the oil

Bob Donalds
Boston engine exchange

----- Original Message -----
From: "JR Denton" <jasondenton@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:59 PM
Subject: Oil Pressure Light on-need help! (dealer cant fix it)

Here is my story- I am buying a 91 Westy.   The current owner who is very
conscientious and about a week ago after giving it a pre-sale test drive he
noticed that the oil pressure light (and buzzer) came on.    While it is
running the oil psi light/buzzer are constantly on.   Since he gets
everything done at the dealer, he took it there to get them to fix it prior
to our sale.

Here are the particulars on the van-

- 74K orig miles on engine- dealer check compression/head leaks/oil
pressure- all check out perfect
- The dealer has done the following:  replaced oil pressure sending unit,
pulled the dash off and checked the interface wire harness/all connections
to the light/etc,  checked the wiring harness

They told him that they think it might be the "Oil pressure dynamic relay"
to be replaced (they think)?   If this in the part- where do we get one?

Overall, I think they are at a dead end as far as trying to fix it- since
they probably only see 1 vanagon a year for service.    I am looking some
ideas on what to tell the dealer to try.   Any input from the experts on the
list would be great!

Thanks very very much,

Jason