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Subject:Re: 2.1 Oil light on at low speeds
From:craig cowan
Date:Sun, 4 Sep 2011 07:07:40 -0400

I plan to put 100 miles on it before an oil change and transmission fluid
change.
I'm still far from that goal.

-Craig

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>