This problem is a loose connection in the dash, (obviously)
I fixed many of these. With the Vanagon, the problem is low
oil pressure, mainly becuase of cold climate.

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

On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Frank Miller wrote:

> 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)
> >
>