Oil light and buzzer errors

[desinor at sympatico.ca (Jean-Claude Desinor)]

   I recently solved the following symptoms:

	- oil light flickering
	- oil warning buzzer sounding off

   Strated with the oil light flickering even whan there was oil.

   Oil level checked out OK, oil pressure awas OK, pressure sensors 
replaced. Flicker went away, would come back at the most heart-breaking 
times, like cruising down teh highway. Sigh

   Eventually, the light stopped flickering, but then the buzzer started 
sounding. I was so mad I banged on the cluster and the noise went away, 
not for long. Must be a bad connection then.

   Eventually, when teh buzzer started, I would bang on the cluster, and 
it would stop but the light would flicker. Another bang had both of them 
going. Another bang yet and everything stopped. And so on. A big 
annoyance and distraction at highway speeds.

   Pulled the instrument cluster apart. The solder of the connector pins 
of the "Oil Pressure Warning System Control Unit" had cracked.

   A few small drops of fresh solder fixed that.

   Now to deal with the water puddle in the trunk after each downpour ...

	Jean-Claude

	84 8V
	96 Jetta GLS