Oil Buzzer

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

Yep that's the L shaped board that I have a brand new one of if anyone is
interested in it.

On 9/10/07, Jean-Claude D?sinor <desinor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Oil Pressure Warning unit, or something of that name.
> It is a board indide the instrument cluster, L shaped. Sits behind the
> speedo.
> If there is a bad connection (cold solder joint finally gave up in my
> case), you get light and or buzzer until you go insane.
> I redid the solder joints in mine two years ago, after spending hours
> and money to replace sensors, pouring too much oil, etc. After redoing
> the solder, no more problems.
>
>    Jean-Claude
>    84 8v
>
> Marc Getty a ?crit :
> > 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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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)