So I have an '85 VW golf sitting around the house not sure of what to do with it and it needs a new muffler and a new cat converter and I needed to drive it since my truck is being worked on. And of curse the oil light buzzes and the red light goes off so I stop and put 2 qts in, I smell something burning....it's fine, it goes off yet AGAIN, add
2 more qts. still more burning, dipstick says it's full... So the next day all is fine until I drive 2 miles and it goes of again, this time,
2 more qts and the engine is smoking and I leave with nothing but smoke coming out of the tailpipe. Uh, I think I added too much oil (ya think?) and the damn light and buzzer stays on. My dad says it could be a gasket or a sending unit (??) but he knows nothing about VW's and I don't know much about cars. So....if anyone knows much about these '85 VW GOLFS and oil lights, any help would be appreciated. And if you could send a reply to snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com I would be VERY appreciateive of that. Thank you , goodnite