>Interesting thread. My recently purchased '86 Vanagon GL oil pressure sensor >buzzer and light alarms intermittantly only once the engine temperature >rises above the midpoint of the temperature gauge (ie when driving in stop >and go traffic here in the SF Bay area!). If I drive in third gear and drop >my speed such that the engine's rpm's drop below 3,000 and then attempt to >accelerate back up, the alarm is actuated. If I downshift and run the rpm's >back up, the alarm goes off. > Sounds possibly like worn bearings or oilpump, producing low oilpressure. Giving it a rev increases the pressure sufficiently to stop the buzzer. The oil light in my 69 Kombi comes on at idle when hot, indicating a similar condition in the van's LETHARGIC Corvair engine. Andrew |
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