Oil Buzzer

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

Try a manual pressure gauge. The sending units are too pricey.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Getty" <marc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Scirocco List'" <scirocco-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 2:33 PM
Subject: Oil Buzzer


>
> All,
>
> Last night I was in the Cali driving home on the highway and my oil light
> would flash for a microsecond every so often while on the highway. Odd. I
> drove it the rest of the way home without issue.
>
> This morning I go to drive to work and after a few hundred feet the oil
> light came on plus the buzzer started going off. I checked the oil level 
> and
> it is was exactly mid-way up the hatchmark. I added half a quart, started
> it, and got the oil light and buzzer again. So I drove it a few hundred 
> feet
> back home and parked it.
>
> I've never had any problems like this before in this car, and generally 
> this
> car is rock solid reliable. It's been exactly 5,125 miles since my last 
> oil
> change (I do 5,000 mile intervals with Mobil 1 and a huge diesel filter) 
> and
> I was planning on changing the oil this week. The oil does not leak one 
> bit
> and it burns about 1 quart every 3,000 miles.
>
> Any ideas where I should look when I get home tonight?
>
> -Marc
>
> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
> '83 VW Scirocco California Edition
> '84 VW GTI Pickup Truck
>
>
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