Oil Buzzer

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

That should have read not too pricey!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Marc Getty" <marc@xxxxxxxxx>; "'Scirocco List'" 
<scirocco-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Oil Buzzer


> 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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