Date:         Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:08:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: oil light scare
Comments: To: karen brown <kpb@GNV.IFAS.UFL.EDU>
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This has happen to me when driving my mom's 95 Jetta. The car humms (and i
have one ticket to show for it!) but i have had to buzz on me when doing
hard banked turns going on the freeway (Where: El Monte entrance on to
southbound hwy 280 in Mountain view Ca).
CHeers

Matthew


Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu

On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, karen brown wrote:

> This is a Jetta question but I do have a Westy - yell if you must.  I was
> exiting the interstate on one of those hard curve exits and my oil
> light/buzzer came on.  It stopped as soon as I got off the exit ramp and
> onto the straight highway.  I checked my oil and it was fine, and there were
> no further incidents for the next hour when I got home.  Is this a scary,
> bad, expensive thing? or no big deal??
> P.S.  If any of you know of an equally fine list for VW cars, please let me
> know and I'll stop intruding on the van list.  I've tried the chat room at
> Rocky Mtn. Motorworks but no replies yet.
>
> Karen
> '84 Westy
> '92 Jetta
>