Re: oil alarm buzzer & 15w30?

[Jeffrey Lowe <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>]

>At 09:46 AM 2/9/01 -0500, chris jevens wrote: 
>Is it true that the oil alarm buzzer will go
>if you run 10w-30  or 10w-40?
>
>chris

That's what happened to me immediately after an oil
change with 10W-40, the buzzer would kick in around
2,300 RPM and wouldn't shut up until I dropped below
that RPM. I changed out the oil pressure switches to
no avail, heard it might be low oil pressure due to my
engine having 150,000+ miles on it, and also heard 
something could be wrong with the circuit board on the
instrument cluster(supposedly a common problem). 
I talked to a VW dealer mechanic about it and he said
to drain it and refill with 30W or a 20w-50, I put
some SynPower Valvoline 20W-50 in and haven't heard
the buzzer since.

Later...

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Jeff Lowe
Garland, Texas
'86 Scirocco 16V (Daily driver)
'64 Type-34 Karmann Ghia (In desparate need of parts!)
'59 Euro Spec Beetle (Waiting for resto)
'98 Ford Explorer XLT 4X4 (Family Outing mobile)

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