Make sure your van is not running to hot. Can cause the
same problems.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Dan Hall wrote:

> Howdy volks,
> Another newbie here.   4 year owner of an '86 Westy. This list is great.  Had
> I known about it a year ago I would have a few more dollars in the bank.  I
> got a little ambitious with fixing it myself and ended up chucking my 106 K
> 2.1 liter engine for  a factory rebuild.
> I have about 5000 on the rebuild and have had the same oil light and buzzer
> problem as mentioned in earlier posts to the list.   The oil pressure light
> and buzzer comes on, usually after highway driving when slowing down for a
> stop or a slower speed zone.  A push  on the clutch and a rev of the engine
> silences it until the next stop.  It rarely, if ever, happens when driving in
> town and isn't a problem when idling. I don't have a tach on the dash, just
> the stupid clock, but I would estimate the problem occurs between 2000-3000
> rpm. I ran the wiring tests for the .3 and .9 bar switches as indicated in the
> Bentley and the wiring to the dash tests OK.  I have replaced the .9 bar
> switch to no avail.  Going to 20W50 from 10W40 silenced the buzzer  for night
> time drives but in the heat of a summer day she hit me again, as she usually
> does, when slowing to pass through Moundville, AL(Joel Walker should know this
> place.)
>
> Can the voltage regulator effect the performance of the dynamic oil pressure
> sensing unit?
>
> I am suspecting a faulty dynamic oil pressure sensing unit but the voltage
> regulator is probably cheaper.
>
> What do y'all think?
> Thanks volks,
>
> Dan R. Hall
> Greensboro, Alabama
> 1986 Westy Wolfsburg Weekender
>