At 11:30 AM 1/1/2014, Steve Cotsford wrote: > > I was informed that it might well be a defective oil pressure > switch and I plan to replace both of them to eliminate that > possibility. Engine is a 2.1 originally from a syncro I believe > and mileage is a bit over 100,000 miles. Installed into my 89 > Bluestar. Yes i am not very knowledgeable about WBX engines. If it is a pressure switch (seems quite likely) it will be the low-pressure one on the side of the engine which fails closed. The other switch would fail open and would cause the buzzer to sound as you rev over 2,000 rpm. Yrs, d |
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