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Subject:Re: Oil Light on at idle only when hot
From:Karl Wolz
Date:Tue, 27 Apr 1999 08:18:27 -0700

I had a 1.9 engine with 170K on it with same situation.  Used Valvoline
Racing straight 40 and the light stayed off.  Engine ran quieter, too.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark B. Magee <condor2@FLASH.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: Oil Light on at idle only when hot

> Mine 91 does the exact thing. 87 -never- has. 91 did it on on 10/30
> Royal Purple synthetic, switched to 20/50, pretty much the same affair.
> From what I've read, I'm not sweating this one.
>
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