May just have wrong viscosity oil.  Have oil pressure checked with a gauge
To test sensor theory.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Seitz <jseitz@FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 12:35 PM
Subject: oil light on idle?

>Any thoughts?
>
>At idle and idle only the oil light comes on.  The oil level is good.
>The guy who I bought the vehicle from said that the sensor can be
>finicky and may need replacing.  Was I a sucker.
>
>Joe
>
>ps I couldn't figure out how to get to the search engine for the
>archives.  I did it once.  Am I a moron?