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Date:         Tue, 4 Apr 2006 12:52:12 -0400
Reply-To:     Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: disabling the damn oil buzzer
Comments: To: Tim Leek <tleek@LL.MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <CA0ECCC2-F3C2-4E88-B96F-17BEF4D84054@ll.mit.edu>
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what does your oil pressure measure?

jonathan

On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, Tim Leek wrote:

> Vanagon people, > > I have an 87 Vanagon that likes to buzz at me and flash the oil light > after 15 minutes. Super annoying. Wife wants me to sell the piece > of $*&#$. Oil pressure is fine (according to click and clack). Yes, > I've replaced both oil pressure senders. No, I don't have time or > money to diagnose the wiring harness or that dynamic oil pressure L- > board behind the speedo. > > So ... I'm looking to disable the buzzer somehow. Here are the > options as I see them. > > 1. Short the 0.9 bar sensor where it comes into the L-board to > ground. This works, i.e. if I pull over whilst the buzzing is > happening and do this, the buzzing stops. But is this a bad idea > somehow? > > 2. Remove that stupid L-board, since (after staring at the wiring > diagrams) doesn't it just serve to warn you when the oil pressure is > not in spec? I can't see how it actually "controls" anything. > Unfortunately, I've tried this and it means I can no longer start the > car. Perhaps I can't just take it out without jumping some magic > wires together? > > 3. Find the buzzer and kill it dead. Okay, so where the hell is it? > Is it the wee electro-mechanical looking device on one end of the > aforementioned L-board? Is this bad idea since that buzzer wherever > it lives buzzes when other bad things happen that I may want to know > about like engine getting too hot. > > I'm leaning toward 1. > > Help! > >


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