RE: A couple of goofball warning light/alarm questions

["Ekke Loo" <ekke@ttw.net>]

Don't quote me <grin>.....

i was having the same problem with the oil light my VW guru in calgary said
that vw released an updated sensor for the one on the oil filter arm...
something about changing the pressure of the switch.... don't ask me anyway
this guy flipped the sensors (about 10 CDN) and now np....

just my two cents

ek
ELAGU

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of Lauri Pettai
> Sent: May 2, 1999 12:28 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: A couple of goofball warning light/alarm questions
>
>
> >Question 2:
> >Oil pressure warning flasher/buzzer does something similar.  Especially
> >when the outside temp is hot (75-up), it will come on.  Also, I've
> >noticed that it will come on with harder acceleration/quick gear
> >shifting.  Does this sound like another sending unit snafu, or oil pump,
> >or what?  Will come on and go away when it decides to.
>
> If it also has this option, that it'll come on after you have
> revved you car
> over 2000 tpm (turns per minute and that's the point when second oil
> pressere meter starts to measure oil pressure) and comes off when you turn
> your ignition off and back on, then you've got the same problem as me!
>
> Sorry, but I haven't seen a fix for it jet, changed both oil pressure
> measuring devices and bought a new instrument panel, but it still comes on
> on sunny days after little revving? So I'm eagerly waiting for answers to
> this thread.
>
> Ideas: Maybe bad or rusted wire, bad oil, some overheating problems, oil
> pump?
>
> Lauri!
> '84 Scirocco GTI Kamei X1 Bodykit (VIN025736)
> http://www.ttu.ee/~laurts/scirocco
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>
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