Re: Quattro Digest V1 #361

[sylvain@express.ctron.com (Eric T. Sylvain)]

>From: Phil@sievers.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)
>a) The oil pressure warning light flashes during cruising.  It seems to need 
>ca. 30 minutes at 95-100mph - then the oil warning light flashes for about 
>half a second, flimmers for another fraction of a second, and then behaves 
>itself. It happens, on average, about once every 500 miles.  There doesn't
>seem to be anything wrong with the oil pressure - the sender unit is only a
>year old. The electrics seem to be OK.  The audible warning doesn't sound.
 
   I have had this same problem on my 87 4000 CS - 4 cyl.  It will go on for 
 a second and if I give the car a little gas it goes away.  It never happens
 at idle, but rather when the RPM's are low.  Again, as in your problem
 it happens like once every 500 miles....

   I would very much like to know what it is!  After reading the recent
 ground strap thread, I will be looking into that this weekend, since
 my guages have been a little screwy.  The temp guage always points to
 something like 70 C, and the oil pressure guage is usually max out past
 5 bar.

   Anyone know what else I should look into?

  -Eric Sylvain
   sylvain@ctron.com