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1987 VW Golf Oil Pressure Light
any chance you could get him to share his wiring mod?
> pressure control unit and buzzer and re-wires the dash so > the LED (no buzzer) comes on only with the upper > oil pressure switch (the 0.3 bar switch in the head). > > What are your thoughts on this? |
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On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:06:33 PM UTC-8, wrote:
> any chance you could get him to share his wiring mod? We had a similar symptom with an '85 Golf 1.8L gas. After replacing the oil pressure switch to no avail I tried heavier weight oil. I was running 10W-30 and switched to 10W-40. The higher viscosity at high temps did the trick.. No more buzzing. I'd try more viscous oil before a wiring mod. |
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1987 VW Golf Oil Pressure Light
On 13/02/2013 11:35 AM, tonyw wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:06:33 PM UTC-8, wrote: >> any chance you could get him to share his wiring mod? > > We had a similar symptom with an '85 Golf 1.8L gas. After replacing the oil pressure switch to no avail I tried heavier weight oil. I was running 10W-30 and switched to 10W-40. The higher viscosity at high temps did the trick. No more buzzing. I'd try more viscous oil before a wiring mod. > And I would be screwing a manual gauge into the sender hole and look at the actual pressure. |
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