Re: Oil pressure icon blinking on '91 200Q

[Frank Stadmeyer <stadmef@connix.com>]

Must be a '91 200Q  epidemic!!!   Same thing happened to me Sat.  (same
drill - stop the car, check the oil level etc.)  same results.   Then again
yesterday except I'm smarter now - shut off then back on.  Whoops didn't
work,  auto-check still on.  Goes out  shortly thereafter.  Oil pressure
O.K.   I'm also having intermittent erroneous miles to empty readings.
Which contacts do I have to clean?


Thanks
Frank Stadmeyer

'91 200Q		'89 100Q
'86 Jetta Gli		'85 Jetta
'73 BMW 2002  (hanger queen)


At 08:18 PM 7/14/98 -0700, James Desveaux wrote:
>Today I finally fixed the bothersome worn brake pad icon problem.  Went to
>my friendly german auto salvage yard in Watts and pulled the female-side
>brake sensor plug-in from an S4 and spliced it in, replacing the defective
>one.  About 2 hrs later, I drove over a pretty decent sized bump and heard 3
>beeps.  This time the icon was red, and the oil pressure oil can started
>flashing.  THe oil pressure gauge was reading fine (between about 1.8-2.2
>bar at idle and up to 5 bar at speed).  THough I figured this is another
>typical Audi electrical gremlin, I pulled over, checked oil, etc.  After 3k
>miles since changing it, oil is exactly full (with none added) and there are
>NO leaks.  I restarted the car, and the big OK lit up, and then the radio
>station.  A few seconds later, the beep returns with the red icon.  I keep
>driving down Bundy Drive (yes, THAT Bundy), and a short time later (hey, the
>beep is gone), I notice that the radio station frequency is illuminated in
>the display.  No more beeps and icons.
>
>Question:  Anybody had this happen to them?  Is it a corroded connection at
>the sending unit, or some such thing?  The car has 91k on it now, but
>everything's pretty much spud on it.  I bought it at 88k and did the usual
>precautionary things, such as t/b, w/p, front main seal, etc.  Any advice
>would be appreciated.  
>
>- Jim
>