Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:11:31 -0700
Reply-To: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Oil light flicker
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<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>Okay, I've got 160K miles on my 1991 Vanagon Carat. </DIV>
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<DIV>I've had a slow oil leak between the engine and transmission</DIV>
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<DIV>I go to the dealer to get my oil filter and they don't give me Mann nor Mahle but its what ekta has for them and it says VW on the filter (I'll repost with the number)</DIV>
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<DIV>I changed the oil less than 2000 miles ago and opted for Mobile One Synthetic whereas previously I used just Kendal 20 50 or a mix of Kendal and a synthetic oil (redline or mobile). </DIV>
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<DIV>Last night the oil light started flickering. I checked the oil, added some. </DIV>
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<DIV>Today it flickers, I added something to thicken the oil. No real change. I flashes once or twice and then nothing, or it pitters just a little, or patters, and then its out. </DIV>
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<DIV>It seems to drive just fine. </DIV>
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<DIV>Called a guy and he wants 70 dollars. But if its due to the oil filter then what good does it do to check? </DIV>
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<DIV>I know it could be electrical, the oil filter, the slow leak getting worse, or bearings going bad, or the oil pump getting weak. </DIV>
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<DIV>If its the main seal he said its 500 dollars. He said the oil pump would be expensive too cause its inside the casing.... (is this true....)</DIV>
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<DIV>So does flicker mean one thing as opposed to another? It doesn't buzz nor stay on for anything more than a flash. </DIV>
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<DIV>Also, I'm in Columbus Ohio. I've driven from California to Miami to Philadelphia to New York to Ohio to New York again and now again to Columbus. It was my goal to go to California. Now I don't know. Anyone need a body for an engine conversion (if I'm looking at the worse case scenario)? Its white color is a nice white cause I had it painted two years ago. </DIV>
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