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Subject:Re: Stopping the oil buzzer under the dash
From:Kim Brennan
Date:Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:21:15 -0400

Depends. How do you know it doesn't have low oil pressure? Did you put
the right oil pressure sensor into the right place? They aren't the
same. Did you use the right type of oil at the last oil change? 10w30
won't cut it. Use 20w50.

On Jul 18, 2009, at 5:11 PM, Jim Felder wrote:

> I've decided to pull the oil buzzer in my daughter's 91 while I figure
> out that the real problem is. It doesn't have low oil pressure, but it
> exhibiting the 2200 rpm syndrome where after it hits that engine speed
> the buzzer stays on. The light blinks continuously no matter what the
> car is doing. It's been doing this for hundreds of miles. I just
> swapped out both sensors... what a job... no change.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to just stop the infernal buzzing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim