84 4k oil pressure light

[Bares, Vittorio]

That's good advice.

Interestingly enough, I took it out again today, this time, no issues,
no oil light.

Its been sitting a long time, there must be some level of corrosion on
all the electricals as the more I drive it, the more stuff, just kinda -
wakes up.

For instance, when I first took it down the road, neither left or right
blinker worked. Then, after a few attempts, the left blinker started
working, but not the right. After a few more tries, they both worked,
but the right blinker had a fast blink, indicating a bulb or something.
A few more miles, now they both work perfectly.

I'll change out the switches anyway - oil pressure is not something I'd
like to trifle with, esp since they are cheap replacement parts.

Thanks all...

Vittorio -
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Huw Powell [mailto:audi at humanspeakers.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:55 PM
To: Bares, Vittorio
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: 84 4k oil pressure light

Trust but verify...

If indeed the sender is bad, fine.

But if it isn't, you have an oil pressure issue, so I would at least try

not to drive it much until you "test the hypothesis" by replacing the 
sender.

Or attach a pressure gauge to one of the sender fittings...

Bares, Vittorio wrote:
> Symptoms:
> 
> *       When car is cold, no issue
> 
> *       When it begins to warm up, oil light and warning tone come on
> slightly
> 
> *       When fully warm, Oil light and warning tone only comes on
after
> 2100 rpm
> 
> o        Can drive around in 5th gear (or any gear) all day as long
> under 2100 rpm without Oil light coming on
> 
>  
> 
> I'm suspecting something electrical in the dash, rather than an actual
> oil pressure issue.
> 
>  
> 
> Has anyone ever experienced such a thing? 
> 
>  
> 
> Car was sitting a couple of years before I got it - just starting to
> work out the bugs. I'll change the oil, but honestly don't believe
that
> will change anything. 
> 
>  
> 
> TIA,
> 
>  
> 
> Vittorio -
> 
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