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Date:         Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:56:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@MAC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Blinking Oil Light
In-Reply-To:  <CAH32RNaERp4J_T1V4tzirre0XYuEZJ48jvymGcXrMC5oqT0YWQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Yup, short in the wire. Had that experience with my first Westy (85). Kinda scary. I've been told you'll see oil sprayed up on the rear window long before the oil light will come on to tell you there's a real oil pressure problem.


Melissa
'84 Westy Honey Bee
Sacramento, CA
www.westywoman.com


On Oct 18, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Loren Busch wrote:


> Got a mystery (and hopefully not a major problem) going on with my '90 Westy
> (stock 2.1L and automatic).  Driving home from a VW event Sunday I suddenly
> had a flickering oil light while cruising at about 50 mph.  No buzzer. Came
> and went over the next few miles.
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