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Subject:Re: 2.1 Oil light on at low speeds
From:Kim Brennan
Date:Sun, 4 Sep 2011 01:59:08 -0400
Now that you've driven it around for a bit. Drain that oil out, and put in 20w50 (presuming that this is a water boxer engine). That 15w40 just isn't thick enough for the oil sensors.

On Sep 3, 2011, at 8:55 PM, craig cowan wrote:

> On my project syncro (which has sat for a long time) I am now finding that
> the oil light comes on and off at Idle once the engine is fully warmed up.
> What's the best proceedure for diagnosing this problem?
>
> It's running fresh 15W40 oil and a fresh filter.
>
> -Craig