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Subject:Re: 2000 rpm buzzer of oil pressure
From:Neil N
Date:Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:29:49 -0700

Is the (voltage?) range spec for the high pressure oil warning circuit
on L board really so sensitive that a presumably small increase in
resistance in a badly corroded high pressure brown ground path wire
will cause the alarm to sound? Or maybe that badly corroded wire sends
a "dirty" or inconsistent ground path which in turn causes alarm to
sound?

Neil.

On 4/6/19, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> It is becoming more common for wires that look good on the outside but yet
> have so much corrosion that they become a problem. Last week had a van towed
> in no start. Finally got it to run but no fuel left side. The 2 injectors
> weren't getting the ground pulse.  Go figure. Changed FI harness. All is
> better.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil N [mailto:musomuso@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2019 10:06 PM
> To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Subject: Re: 2000 rpm buzzer of oil pressure
>
> On 4/5/19, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> ..... shortly after that, an intermittent buzzer/light on false
> alarm started to happen. Cleaning the connections at the 2 wire plugs did
> not help. Replacing the remainder of that OE brown wire appeared to solve
> the issue; that wire was quite corroded.

-- 
Neil n

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