>>No they really shouldn't do this.. bad vanagon bad. The oil pressure sender
>>is really quite amazing on the Vanagon. It consist of two pressure switches
>>that must respond in the correct sequence during startup within a specified
>>time frame. Whew! Failing either of these parameters causes the bell and
>>light show.
>
>>Althought many things can go wrong one of the most common and easiest to fix
>>is corrosion/loose connectors/moisure. Get some contact cleaner from say,
>>Radio Shark. Clean the switch's male connection and the connectors female
>>socket. Before reassembling apply a generous coating of silicon dielectric
>>paste, this will seal the moisure and oxygen out. Viola, no more corrosion.
>>Now Mr Vanagon can hear what the sensors are saying and all will be well.
>
>Not quite.  The Dynamic Oil Pressure sending system is only on '86 and later
>model year Vanagons--those of us with '85s only have only one sender, no DOP
>circuit board with the buzzer mounted around the inside of the speedometer.
>
>My oil pressure light comes on at low idle.  Now that I have the CO set
>properly, and the idle at right around 900 stabilized, the oil pressure
>light no longer comes on.
>
>Apparently, the Dynamic system does solve low idle oil light flickers--my
>old Rabbits used to have flickering oil light problems as well--my '85 Jetta
>with the Dynamic system didn't have a problem with it.  The circuit board
>with the buzzer did fail once, however, giving me buzzing noises with normal
>oil pressure above 2500 RPM.
>
>Anyway--I will only worry about my oil pressure light if it comes on at some
>speed above idle.
>
>Donald Baxter
>'85 GL

Thanks, Donald,very good! Starting to wonder if I was nuts. Most old
VeeDubs with some miles on them had this quirk,which I never considered a
problem. Went out to the garage and found the Bently book,revealing no
unusual oil pressure light circuitry. I'm sure it's a connection problem,
due to the increased circumstances when the weather is moist.

Goodnight,typ II freaks:

yug

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