On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Brendan Slevin<totorovan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well now it just so happens that a 7 passenger syncro popped up on CL for
> $500. ....

> The oil pressure light is supposed to come on under low pressure conditions
> over 2000 rpm. That is where it would come on each time. I added some thick
> like honey oil additive and carefully and gently drove it the 3 miles home
> trying to keep it under 2000 rpm.
>
> The coolant light started flashing about halfway home with the needle having
> barely moved off the bottom of the gauge. I stopped and checked the coolant,
> everything seemed ok, for good measure I topped off both the expansion tank
> that was a bit low and the pressurized tank that was also a bit low. �Drove
> the next mile home without incident.
>
> �I didn't see any receipts for a new engine or rebuild, so at 164K, the
> chances that this engine is due some rebuild love are very high. Definitely
> a project, but I have the free 2.1 with 30k sitting there ready to seal back
> up. It is now going in the Syncro instead of Totoro. Otherwise it drives,
> shifts, sounds way better than Totoro.
>
> Oh, and it has a rear locker. [image: Happy] Woot woot!
>

Great find man!

re: oil pressure light.

Doesn't the buzzer come on at 2K+ RPM if oil pressure low?

Pretty sure it does.

Maybe the two oil sending wires are reversed at engine?

Neil.

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