[Vwdiesel] Oil Light/Buzzer

[TexasTDI]

Why are you running a thicker oil in winter???  That's why you have oil
pressure problems in winter.  50 weight is very thick.

Chris Thornton
1991 VW Jetta GL 2 Door 1.6D - 234k miles
2000 VW Golf GLS 1.9TDI 130hp/229ftlbs - 76k miles
Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500
http://www.amsoil.com
http://texastdi.com/6/ubb.x

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Cameron" <scameron at compmore.net>
To: <Fudny at aol.com>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Oil Light/Buzzer


> What weight oil are you using? I have that phenom. when pulling the
trailer
> with the skido on it. It will buzz up after a long haul with the wick
turned
> up, when I drop revs to 2200. It stops if I rev it once. Believe it is
thin
> oil and hard work/elevated temp that does it. I'm running 5w50 synth in
> winter, 15w40 in summer. never seems to happen in summer.
>
> Sandy
>
>
> At 08:07 PM 2/13/03 EST, you wrote:
> >--
> >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> >When I last changed my oil I drove away after the Jetta warmed up and
driving
> >down my hill the oil light and buzzer came alive. This lasted for a brief
> >second and all was fine. That was 1/11/03, Wednesday 02/12/03 after
driving
> >60 miles on an interstate as I exited (dropped the RPMs) it all reared it
> >uglyness once again. Pulled over checked it quickly and drove away with
no
> >issues. Today After 40 miles slowing down for a toll booth it happened
again,
> >pushed in the clutch bought the RPM up for a second and all reset. 20
miles
> >later exiting It happened 3X. After the first occurrence I had driven a
> >slower route home no issues and same today.
> >
> >So it seems after driving high speed for about an hour the light and
buzzer
> >comes on and driving 55 all is cool.
> >
> >First thing after I got home I changed the oil and filter and did not
make a
> >difference today.
> >
> >Any help in where I should start.
> >
> >TIA - Terry
> >
> >85 Jetta 2Dr. only 92,000 (this is the sick on)
> >78 MB 300CD
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