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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