84 4k oil pressure light

Tony Hoffman auditony at gmail.com
Thu Dec 11 19:48:25 PST 2008


I've had the same problem with two 1.8 4000's years ago. In both
cases, the 1.8 bar sender was going bad. Also, in both cases, it was
somewhat intermittent, although the '85 kept getting more frequently
until I replaced the switch.

Tony

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Bares, Vittorio
<Vittorio.Bares at nuance.com> wrote:
> 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 -


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