Hi all...
I have an 84 Quattro, about 172,000 miles on it. This morning I started it up and went out and noticed that the oil light would come on and a warning buzzer sounded when I was changing gears (5 speed). Thinking it needed oil, I went back home but the level was fine and went out again. It seems that at
TIA Rush
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Sounds like a bad oil pump. With a high RPM the pump cannot keep up the oil pressure so the warning light comes on. Or it is simply a half broken pressure sensor...
Al
Thanks Al, that is what I thought, gonna take in tomorrow... TIA
Looked this morning at the wiring and lo and behold the wire was severed... I have a pack rat problem and every night open the hood and put a light in the engine compartment, well it looks like down where the High pressure sensor is still fine for them. They have eaten the wiring in several places already, I should have thought of that before. Someone told me they like the salts in certain plastic.
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