" > wrote
ink.net...
> Hi all...
>
> I have an 84 Quattro, about 172,000 miles on it. This morning I started it
> up and went out and noticed that the oil light would come on and a warning
> buzzer sounded when I was changing gears (5 speed). Thinking it needed
oil,
> I went back home but the level was fine and went out again. It seems that
at
> 4500 rpm, any gear, the oil light comes on and the buzzer sounds. What is
> wrong?
>
> TIA
> Rush
>

Sounds like a bad oil pump. With a high RPM the pump cannot keep up the oil
pressure so the warning light comes on. Or it is simply a half broken
pressure sensor...

Al