Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:29:47 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Oil Pressure Light on-need help! (dealer cant fix it)
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This is amazing, and tragic too.
It's not that they 'can't' well maybe they are that incompetent, but it's
probably more that newer cars in their bays are more profitable for them to
work on, and they're afraid they'll have 20 hours into it and they would
hate to actually charge someone that much.
And how on earth can a VW Dealer not know how to get a VW part ??????
Is this in the East Coast ?
I was paid to consult for a customer where his vw dealer told him to find a
used ECU to install. I'll tell you, in the normal world, if the new part is
$ 3,000 dollars, and they diagnose that's what you need, they won't care,
they'll just tell you, you need one. So for a VW dealer to tell someone to
find a used ECU instead of telling them they need say 980 dollar new one,
is ludicrous.
And how is it that they can't look up a VW part ????
It's rally a sad shame that people with good money that own
vanagons........and in this case, a low miles late model one, at the
supposedly 'official and expensive' place and they claim they can't fix it -
what on earth is up with that ???
hell, I can fix it . jeez......maybe they really are just plane ole
incompetent. How do they sleep at night ?
I'm still aghast - they 'think' it's the - I imagine you might mean the
DOPS...dynamic oil pressure system - it's a circuit in the dash, no big
deal.
Did this VW Dealer ever hear of a Bentley manual ???
This is about the biggest WTF I every heard of.
Is this a late April Fools Day joke ?
Maybe that's what the dealer was doing on you.
Sorry to go on. I specialize in what 'REAL SERVICE' is - and I don't mean
service the car, I mean actual S E R V I C E to the customer, like a nun is
in service to god.
And I find the dealers service departments don't really know anything about
this concept at all.
Like telling you 'how are WE gong to get a part' .........you must be
joking.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
JR Denton
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 4:00 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Oil Pressure Light on-need help! (dealer cant fix it)
Here is my story- I am buying a 91 Westy. The current owner who is very
conscientious and about a week ago after giving it a pre-sale test drive he
noticed that the oil pressure light (and buzzer) came on. While it is
running the oil psi light/buzzer are constantly on. Since he gets
everything done at the dealer, he took it there to get them to fix it prior
to our sale.
Here are the particulars on the van-
- 74K orig miles on engine- dealer check compression/head leaks/oil
pressure- all check out perfect
- The dealer has done the following: replaced oil pressure sending unit,
pulled the dash off and checked the interface wire harness/all connections
to the light/etc, checked the wiring harness
They told him that they think it might be the "Oil pressure dynamic relay"
to be replaced (they think)? If this in the part- where do we get one?
Overall, I think they are at a dead end as far as trying to fix it- since
they probably only see 1 vanagon a year for service. I am looking some
ideas on what to tell the dealer to try. Any input from the experts on the
list would be great!
Thanks very very much,
Jason
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