Re: General questions on 82 4000s (oil warning buzzer)

[eds@VFL.Paramax.COM]

Yes, I had the same problem, came up with the same solution.  The damn
oil warning buzzer and flashing oil light would come on while I was cruising
down the highway, scaring the bejeezus out of me.  The guage read fine.  After
a dozen occurances of this, I yanked the controller "relay".

Ed

> From: "Lebens, Rick J" <M245884@flt-test-02.mdc.com>
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 10:39:20 CST
> Subject: Re: General questions on 82 4000s
> 
> > From:          Stott Hare <qa3@bur.dmcc.com>
> > To:            'Quattro' <quattro@swiss.ans.net>
> > Subject:       General questions on 82 4000s
> > Date:          Mon, 13 Feb 95 15:14:00 EST
> > Reply-to:      quattro@swiss.ans.net
> 
> >    * If I was in fifth gear, about 2200 RPM and trying to accelerate, the 
> > light would begin to come on.  Dim at first with a little/quiet buzzer 
> > growing brighter/louder if I continued without downshifting.  This scenario 
> 
> My 84 4000 did the same thing.  After replacing the controller (it 
> looks like a relay but is a bunch of electronics), monitoring the two 
> oil pressure switches while driving I couldn't find an oil pressure 
> problem.  My pissed off solution was to put the controller on the 
> shelf in the garage leaving only the low pressure warning intact and 
> monitoring the pressure guage.