Hi Tom,
On my '87 I had to ground that wire to get rid of the buzzer after it
hit the correct RPM after my Subie conversion. So the switch gives a
ground when the oil pressure is up.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  3/13/2009 10:06 AM,Mister Tom wrote:
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Vanagon Mailing List
> > >[mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of A J I
> > >Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:34 AM
> > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > >Subject: Re: issues with oi; alarm and temp light
> > >
> > >I am using 20-50 here in Florida the temp should be ok with
> > >that. When I replaced the oil sender unit I replaced --part
> > >-- of the cable. I spliced the new wire to the old. Do you
> > >think the splice may be offering resistance and causing it to go off?
> > >
> >
>
>The oil pressure switches are ON/OFF, switches, not "senders" like oil
>pressure or water temp, so a little wire resistance won't matter.  Of course
>an intermittant connection *would* matter.
>
>I would like to see a description of the logic that works the buzzer.  My
>daughter's '87 2.1 is acting like this all of a sudden.  I don't recall if
>it's like "Low pressure switch not on and RPM under 2500", or what.
>
>Tom Salicos
>'87 Syncro Westy EG-33
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