Date:         Tue, 9 May 2000 23:54:47 +0000
Reply-To:     Brad Snyder <bsnyder@ENTER.NET>
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From:         Brad Snyder <bsnyder@ENTER.NET>
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Subject:      Re: Here's one to rack your brains............
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On Tue, 9 May 2000 20:04:36 EDT, Vic Ahmed <DrVic955@AOL.COM> wrote:

>I was driving down the
>freeway one evening, van ran smooth as silk, doing about 70, when all of a
>sudden the oil light came on!

I had something similar happen to me with my '87. I used to actually
get the oil pressure to come back by 'cleaning' the inside of the
engine with some 'motor flush' stuff that I picked up at the FLAPS. I
don't normally drive 70 mph, so I would be able to use the van for a
while, (thinking that I fixed the problem) but as soon as I got on the
turnpike and did 70 for about 20 minutes, the buzzer of death would
come on because more crud would be loosened inside the engine and
picked up, blocking the screen. When I finally gave up and tore the
engine down, the oil pickup screen was blocked up solid with hard crud
that I think was caused by me not changing oil enough and also
switching between synthetic and dino oil a couple of times.

Hopefully your problem will be simpler. If only it was easer to get to
that oil pickup!

Later. . . . . . Brad

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Brad Snyder, Walnutport, PA
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