<VV> Oil pressure warning light

[Tom Hughes]

Check the wiring for shorts.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Beamin Scott <beaminscott at gmail.com> wrote:

> You mentioned the oil pickup has been removed and cleaned...a local vair
> owner had something similar happen and he found that the pick up simply
> fell
> off and was laying in the oil pan.
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Kinzelman, Andy <
> akinzelm at greatnortherncorp.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Guys,
> > A problem just cropped up on my daughter's car.  The oil pressure warning
> > light is suddenly coming on - more so at idle, more as it warms up.
> >  However, if the engine is shut down, the light won't come back on
> > immediately.  Otherwise, it runs fine.
> > The engine oil has been kept at the proper level - and isn't thinned out
> by
> > gas.  I put a new sender on last Fall.
> >
> > I wouldn't expect a pressure problem to come on so suddenly - and haven't
> > had the opportunity to put a gauge on it yet.  There shouldn't be
> anything
> > occluding the pick-up - I had that off and know it's clean inside.  I am
> > also certain it's not a piece of RTV causing problems.
> >
> > Any ideas?  Could the sender be bad?  Could the pump have gone suddenly
> > bad?  What about the pressure relief valve spring - could it have broken?
> >  What about the checkvalves in the alternator adapter?
> >
> > I am away all day - but will answer any questions when I next log on.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andy K.
> > Wisconsin
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