Ouch. What's the mileage on the engine? If you don't know already, if it's internal engine/ real oil pressure problem, there's a controversey over whether it's connecting rod bearings or the mains. I went with Bostonbob's belief of betting on rod bearings. Well, it wasn't that, but I'm still figuring out the problem and hoping it's not the main bearings. I just found that my cat. convertor is clogged and I'm hoping the new one will keep the heads cooler. But, if you are facing a real oil pressure prob, Go with a new block, or a conversion. If you do the conversion, just drive 'er till she drops, whilst collecting the needed parts, engine, wiring and know-how. Remember, the vanagon owner's manual says the light can flicker at idle! Brian 84 westy Seattle >From: radish150 <radish150@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: radish150@earthlink.net >To: Brian Cochran <rangerbrian@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: oil pressure light >Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 16:50:13 -0700 > >Hey Brian, I had the wire short out on me once, and this is definitely >different. It's related to the oil temp and resulting op loss at high >temps. I >did replace the sending unit, and it actually made the problem look worse, >now >the light is ON at (hot) idle rather than flickering. The light goes right >out >as soon as the temp comes back down a bit. BTW, the water temp guage is >right >in the middle. > >mark... > >Brian Cochran wrote: > > > I read your story.... Is the light blinking, or is it flickering? I >ask > > because I have had the wire ground out on me twice and much of the time >I > > was having the light flicker was at idle, since the engine tends to >"shake" > > a bit more than when revving. Also, it could be the switch. Methinks > > they're $5, try swapping it out before shelling out the big money. But > > check that wiring first. > > > > GOOD LUCK, > > Brian Cochran > > 84 westy > > seattle > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
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