86 Audi 4kq oil pressure light

[Huw Powell]

> The oil pressure light in my 1986 4kq cs comes on at about 2500 rpm or 
> 55 mph.  It also goes off when i get below that speed and rpm level.  I 
> think it may be the oil pump, but are there any other possibilities?  Is 
> a pressure check the only way to test it?

While it might make sense to test the pressure (how is that done?), at 
around that RPM the control unit starts looking at the "high" pressure 
sender - maybe the sender is bad, maybe the control unit is.

That's why I like the cars that have an oil pressure gauge built in...

-- 
Huw Powell

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