[T3] Flickering Oil Light

John L. Morgan IV emailjohnmorgan at gmail.com
Tue Oct 2 10:07:56 PDT 2012


once mine warms up, it has always flickered.


On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 1:05 PM, <Bobsnotch at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 10/2/2012 12:37:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> j_jonik at yahoo.com writes:
>
> So...question is...could it be that the oil
> cooler may be a tad  sluggish after sitting in the yard, in the 73 car,
> for about 8 or ten  years?   If so, would that cause oil light flicker?
> Or,  what else might be suspect?
>
>
>
> I think I would try the old oil pressure switch out of the "previous"
> engine. It might be a lazy switch, or one that has a higher cut off
> pressure to
> turn the light on. Keep in mind VW did make different switches with
> different  pressure settings. I'd try that before swapping out the oil
> cooler.
>
> Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
> 64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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