So true, BTDT. The ECU cuts off the fuel injectors at 5200 rpm, and that gets your attention!

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of David Beierl
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 10:29 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer

>
> I accidentally got up to 5100RPM in 3rd gear for about 10 seconds on a 
> long climb.  Engine sounded great.  But I felt ill after I realised 
> what I had done.

You didn't hurt it, there's a limiter at 5200 rpm.  You're not the first person (nor the last) to forget to shift out of third on a climbing highway entrance.

No doubt best not to run it that way for hours at a time, but you're officially allowed to go there.

Yrs,
d

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Gabriel Hourtouat <ghourtouat@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Update:
> Oil light flickered briefly coming off the highway for gas after about 
> 2200 km of driving on a fresh oil and filter change (Castrol Edge 
> Titanium Synthetic 5W-50).  By flickering, I mean a totally random on 
> and off pattern at up to two or three Hz, for example.
>
> I am guessing that means I have low oil pressure.
>
> Questions:
> -What kind of highway speeds do people feel comfortable in sustaining?
> -What are preferred oil brands and grade these days?
>
> I accidentally got up to 5100RPM in 3rd gear for about 10 seconds on a 
> long climb.  Engine sounded great.  But I felt ill after I realised 
> what I had done.
>
> gabby
> '86 wbx
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Gabriel Hourtouat 
> <ghourtouat@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Can't seem to navigate the list from my phone so can't find your 
> > specific replies. Found this message in my sent box. Anyhow...
> >
> > Thanks for your wide range of helpful comments.
> >
> > Status update: no further oil pressure events after remove, clean 
> > and reassemble oil piston spring assembly, and a change of oil.
> >
> > I ended up changing the spring anyways even though there are strong 
> > logical arguments that it is NOT the spring. (BTW: I sourced the 
> > spring from the local Porsche dealership as VW wouldn't supply it. 
> > It came with
> a
> > part number revision: same number with a letter C instead of B at 
> > the
> end.).
> >
> > So, I will see if the oil alarm gets triggered again as the oil degrades.
> > I guess that would indicate one of the other problems: bearing 
> > clearances going bye-bye, or oil pump, or ?
> >
> > Otherwise, maybe there was some gunk in the oil pressure relief 
> > system that keeping it from re-seating properly?
> >
> > Need to add oil though.  (It seems to be dripping out somewhere near 
> > the engine block to transmission housing, right onto the exhaust 
> > pipe and bracket which is right there. About half a litre has 
> > dripped out over the last 1000km.)
> >
> > Cheers, Gabby
> > 1986 Westy, 2.1L WBX manual Tx
> > (Currently, we are near St Simeon, Quebec. )
> >
> >
> > > On Jul 29, 2017, at 8:53 PM, Gabriel Hourtouat 
> > > <ghourtouat@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I love Gerry.vanagon.com.  Who has a new oil pressure regulator 
> > > spring
> > to ship me in Oakville, Ontario?  I need it early next week.
> > >
> > > Story:
> > >
> > > On the road with family, dog, bikes, canoe and all the ancillary 
> > > gear,
> > just 40km short of our destination for the week: Samuel de Champlain 
> > provincial park. Oil light comes on, flickering, no buzzer. Strange, 
> > yet unpleasant. A hint of lemons on the palate.
> > >
> > > Limp into the park. Mull it over. No buzzer. Manual (1986) says 
> > > there
> > should be a buzzer. Maybe it's been supplanted by buzzards circling 
> > overhead? Nah, it's just broken. Why wouldn't it be broken?
> > >
> > > Flickering light -- loose wire shorting out the Pressure switch?  
> > > Is it
> > normally open? Normally closed?  Ahh, I don't know. Can't find any 
> > loose wires?  What if it was cheap oil that lost viscosity too soon?  
> > Maybe an oil change?
> > >
> > > Get a basic oil change pan and some oil? Use it to check that spring?
> > Is there a spring???  Where is that thing anyway?  How come I never
> noticed
> > anything down there?  Wish my eyes weren't shut whenever I look 
> > under the van. Wish I was someone else.
> > >
> > > Dig a  6" deep hole in the gravel and pine needles under the 
> > > engine so
> I
> > can use my heftiest flat head screwdriver to release the screw which
> surely
> > hasn't been turned in 31 years. Vice grips turn the screwdriver. It
> breaks
> > free -- HOORAY!
> > >
> > > Hmm spring is 60mm long. But how long should it be???  60 mm 
> > > sounds
> > pretty good, pretty nominal.
> > >
> > > Biggest challenge left: use my phone to mine the info from The 
> > > List. I
> > am a digital immigrant.
> > >
> > > Did it: 62.3mm!
> > >
> > > Gabby
> > >
> >
>