Check the oil pressure releif valves. One maybe stuck in opened. They are located on the bottom of the engine. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, John Scheckel wrote: > Well this weekend, just for fun, I decided to change the pistons on my > '87 wolfsburg. all went great until I started the beast. It started > fine, however, the low pressure oil light came on and refused to go > out. I would dearly appreciate comments from the list of obvious > problems that I may have overlooked. > > What I did so far: > checked all wiring for continuity, its good > checked the switch for proper grounding, it grounds between the > connector and the body of the sender. > cleaned out the sender, didn't see anything in it and didn't see > anything come out when cleaned. > Checked all connections in th eengine compartment, they are good. > > While I rebuilt, I didn't touch the sender, just disconnected it. > Previous to rebuild oil pressure sender worked fine. > > Anxiously awaiting any reply, even the humorous, ('cause it would come > in handy just now). > > tia. > John S > |
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