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Date:         Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:25:23 -0500
Reply-To:     Frank Miller <fmiller01@SPRYNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Miller <fmiller01@SPRYNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: 87 Oil Light On Intermittently MINE TOO!
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I've been driving my '85 Golf for years with the same whacky oil light/buzzer problem. Usually occurs when I just start out the driveway. A good rap on top of the dash shuts it up for a while, sometimes weeks. Whatever it is, it isn't the oil! Frank Miller

At 08:26 AM 2/13/99 EST, you wrote: >Ken, >How Odd! The exact same thing started with my 87 Wolfsburg this week also. >It started offically last Sunday. I started it up after it had been sitting >about 8 hours. I put it into Drive, pulled away from the curb, and as soon as >the auto trans shifted from first to second, the buzzer came on. I pulled >over immediately and did the same checks that Kirk did. Everything looked OK, >The levels were good and there were no leaks. I restarted it and drove 20mi >home. I didn't hear from it again for two days when it did it under almost >the same conditions. Coming out of work, after sitting for 8 hours or so the >light and buzzer again came on when shifting from 1st to second. This time I >pulled over and put it into Neutral and revved it a bit to see if that would >bring up the oil pressure, but it stayed on. I put it back into drive and >drove off and it stayed on. When I hit the next red light, I turned it off >and re-started it and didnt hear from it again. Thursday I did an oil change >with a MANN filter and didnt hear from it all day. Yesterday, after work >while shifting from 1st to 2nd (seeing a pattern here aren't we?) Buzzer and >light appeared again this time I kept driving and after no more than 3 mins of >buzzing, it went off by itself. I havent heard from it since. I, too would >be interested in any theories as to what is causing this. >Keith >VintagePkr@aol.com >87 Wolfsburg Vanagon >85 Diesel Golf >80 Diesel P/U (FS) >79 Champagne Ed Bus "Buzzo" (FS) >78 Partz Bus (FS) >


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