Re: Oil light, lights up on acceleration!

[nickdukes@juno.com (Nick Dukes)]

Oops - sorry.  Replied to wrong message !!!!!

On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 22:49:41 -0700 nickdukes@juno.com (Nick Dukes)
writes:
>Hmmm-
>
>From memory of similar cars.  Possible solution #1: You may have 2 oil 
>pressure switches.  (#1) .3bar - for monitoring low oil pressure at 
>idle & below 2200 rpm.  (#2) 1.8bar for monitoring relatively low oil 
>pressure above 2200rpm.  Maybe they are switched ( wrong wire on wrong 
>sender?).  Possible solution #2:  When you installed the oil pump, did 
>you prime it?  Lightly packing the pump with grease helps prime the 
>pump when you first start the car after reassembly.  Maybe its not 
>quite pulling enough oil and cavitating ??  Possible solution #3:  Its 
>a bad/wrong pump.
>
>Racer X
>
>On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:08:55 -0500 (EST) Speriod Ducum 
><htay@indiana.edu> writes:
>>
>>Does anyone know what's up with this? I just clean all my 
>connections
>>today...  alt + battery etc....  but once i put everything back 
>>together
>>again....  the engine started to stumble and hesitate...  the belts
>>started squealing and the oil light lights up when i accelerate...  i 
>
>>seem
>>to have lost a lot of power too?
>>
>>can anyone help?
>>
>>thanks
>>Alfred 
>>
>>85 8v scirocco
>>
>>
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