Date:         Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:13:32 -0600
Reply-To:     Jeff or Tamara Nelson <ramjeff@earthlink.net>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff or Tamara Nelson <ramjeff@earthlink.net>
Subject:      Re: Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter,now
              what?
Comments: To: David Harrison Ransom <dhransom@pacbell.net>
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David Harrison Ransom wrote:
>
... 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.


Mine did that for about a year, then threw a rod.  If the sensor etc.
check out and/or you have some miles on the block (>150K) you might want
to consider a rebuild sooner rather than later.

JN