I've been driving my '85 Golf for years with the same whacky oil
light/buzzer problem. Usually occurs when I just start out the driveway. A
good rap on top of the dash shuts it up for a while, sometimes weeks.
Whatever it is, it isn't the oil!
Frank Miller

At 08:26 AM 2/13/99 EST, you wrote:
>Ken,
>How Odd!  The exact same thing started with my 87 Wolfsburg this week also.
>It started offically last Sunday.  I started it up after it had been sitting
>about 8 hours.  I put it into Drive, pulled away from the curb, and as
soon as
>the auto trans shifted from first to second, the buzzer came on.  I pulled
>over immediately and did the same checks that Kirk did.  Everything looked
OK,
>The levels were good and there were no leaks. I restarted it and drove 20mi
>home.  I didn't hear from it again for two days when it did it under almost
>the same conditions. Coming out of work, after sitting for 8 hours or so the
>light and buzzer again came on when shifting from 1st to second.  This time I
>pulled over and put it into Neutral and revved it a bit to see if that would
>bring up the oil pressure, but it stayed on.  I put it back into drive and
>drove off and it stayed on.  When I hit the next red light, I turned it off
>and re-started it and didnt hear from it again.  Thursday I did an oil change
>with a MANN filter and didnt hear from it all day.  Yesterday, after work
>while shifting from 1st to 2nd (seeing a pattern here aren't we?) Buzzer and
>light appeared again this time I kept driving and after no more than 3
mins of
>buzzing, it went off by itself.  I havent heard from it since.  I, too would
>be interested in any theories as to what is causing this.
>Keith
>VintagePkr@aol.com
>87 Wolfsburg Vanagon
>85 Diesel Golf
>80 Diesel P/U (FS)
>79 Champagne Ed Bus "Buzzo" (FS)
>78 Partz Bus (FS)
>