need help with a diagnosis

[b-wiyeck at microsoft.com (William Yeckel (Lexmark International))]

:) Thanks folks, here is what I am going to do fer sher

Switch to 20w50
Install a mechanical oil pressure gauge

Then start to tinker with the wiring, which looks like a bit of cluster fuck down there.  Oh well.

Also the 2 lights that come on are actually the Oil light and the Brake light.  I misspoke earlier.

-Bill

80 S

-----Original Message-----
From: Jean-Claude D?sinor [mailto:desinor@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 12:29 PM
To: Daun Yeagley
Cc: William Yeckel (Lexmark International); scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: need help with a diagnosis

  Oh yes, 1980 ...
  OK then, I do not have a suspect :-)

    Jean-Claude
    84 8v (thinks that since J-C has a hammer, every problem is a nail ...)

Daun Yeagley wrote:
> --- Jean-Claude D?sinor <desinor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>   The seatbelt light is a bit puzzling, but I vote for my
>> favourite
>> culprit: the infamous "Oil Pressure Warning System
>> Control Unit".
>>   It is a little "L" shaped printed circuit that sits
>> inside the
>> instrument pod, behind the speedometer.
>>
>
> All well & good but he's driving an Mk 1 which doesn't have
> this same little device.
>
> I'm voting for a couple things:
>
> -Bad grounds.
> -Too thin of oil.  Minimum in these temps is 10w40,
> preferably 20w50.
>
> Sorry if this is covered in a later post, trying to catch
> up on e-mail....
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '81 Scirocco S (Deiter)       '86 Scirocco 8v
> '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!)  '88 Scirocco 16v
> '96 Passat GLX Wagon          '56 Cessna 172
> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - Ehrlich's Law.
>
>
>