Date:         Sun, 22 May 2016 23:30:02 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET>
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From:         Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Comments: To: Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
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10W/30 doesn't sound right for a new engine this time of year does it?
Jeff

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> On May 22, 2016, at 9:49 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> My '87 Westy auto is having the problem wherein the oil buzzer and
> light come on after about 15 minutes of driving when the RPMs drop
> below around 2500 RPMs. I've had the oil pressure checked and it is
> fine. A friend of mine is having the identical problem. Is the high
> pressure oil pressure switch, part number 068919081A, the culprit
> here? I checked the archives and it appeared that there may have been
> a problem with some of them being too sensitive or something...? I'm
> trying to find the right part get this sorted out. My friend is about
> ready to take a hammer to his buzzer . . . Mine is going to be fixed
> by the guy who rebuilt the engine. He says he got a bad batch of
> switches. I'm just trying to find which is the right part for my
> friend to order . . .
>
> My van has a newly rebuilt engine and is running Pennzoil 10w-30. I've
> never run less than 20w-50 in it and never had this problem, but the
> guy who built the engine swears that the pressure is fine and this
> weight of oil should be fine, that it's a faulty oil pressure switch.
>
> My friend is running 15w-50, I think, and has a fairly fresh engine as
> well. I suspect, but do not know for sure, that his oil pressure is
> fine.
>
> Bus Depot has this one:
> http://www.busdepot.com/068919081a
> Is this the right switch to fix this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Marc Perdue