I wouldn’t worry about it.   I would imagine that David B. hit those numbers regularly cruising at 85 :)

Jeff

> On Aug 31, 2017, at 12:04 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
>>> 
>>