

| Subject: | Re: Oil Light Flickering at Idle |
| From: | Mark McCulley |
| Date: | Tue, 2 Jun 1998 08:16:33 -0700 |
At 08:19 PM 5/31/98 -0500, Mark B. Magee wrote: >In my new (to me) 91 Westy, I changed the oil and have noticed that the >oil light is now flickering on at idle which appears to be 800 RPM. >I did change to synthetic oil, Royal Purple 10-30 with my normal Prolong >additive. The engine has 141 K on it and runs very nice. As soon as I >tap the accelerator pedal just a bump, the oil light goes off. Any >ideas. Where do you live? Unless you are in a cold climate, 10-30 isn't heavy enough. Try a 15W-50 or something like that. Mark McCulley 87 syncro Westfalia
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