I'm running Valvoline 10w-40 all climate, haven't heard a peep since I changed my oil filter to OEM.
Joe
> >Is it true that the oil alarm buzzer will go
> >if you run 10w-30 or 10w-40?
> >
> >chris
>
>That's what happened to me immediately after an oil
>change with 10W-40, the buzzer would kick in around
>2,300 RPM and wouldn't shut up until I dropped below
>that RPM. I changed out the oil pressure switches to
>no avail, heard it might be low oil pressure due to my
>engine having 150,000+ miles on it, and also heard
>something could be wrong with the circuit board on the
>instrument cluster(supposedly a common problem).
>I talked to a VW dealer mechanic about it and he said
>to drain it and refill with 30W or a 20w-50, I put
>some SynPower Valvoline 20W-50 in and haven't heard
>the buzzer since.
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