Hi all,type 1 with 22 000 km on the motor.
Just replaced the oil pressure switch as the old one leaked.
Did a oil change as usual, all went well.
Tonight on the way home the light was flickering when accelerating at the 3 000 mark...
Pulled over and checked oil level it was fine.
My question what could be the cause??
sander288 ·
check the cable going to the oil pressure sender... it got me for days! ahhaa
takis ·
ok i will have a look at the wiring and probably purchase another oil pressure switch.
matberry ·
takis wrote:ok i will have a look at the wiring and probably purchase another oil pressure switch.
Yep, good move
68AutoBug ·
takis wrote:Hi all,type 1 with 22 000 km on the motor.
Just replaced the oil pressure switch as the old one leaked.
Did a oil change as usual, all went well.
Tonight on the way home the light was flickering when accelerating at the 3 000 mark...
Pulled over and checked oil level it was fine.
My question what could be the cause??
if the wire open circuits, the light doesn't come on..
its only a short circuit or faulty oil switch that would cause the light to come on... hopefully...
or the oil was too thin...???? when hot...??
best of luck
LEE
takis ·
Thanks for your replies.
It will be looked at on Saturday.
Will be renewing all.
Fingers crossed no harm has been caused during the oil light flickering on the internals..
vlad01 ·
best way to be sure is check with a pressure gauge. if its below (checks manual) umm 7psi @ 550rpm and less than 28psi @ 2500rpm then you got a problem.
68AutoBug ·
I have noticed the plastic senders now available are probably from Brasil...
as they are very cheap... lol
not good
LEE
matberry ·
vlad01 wrote:best way to be sure is check with a pressure gauge. if its below (checks manual) umm 7psi @ 550rpm and less than 28psi @ 2500rpm then you got a problem.
this is best for sure 👍
68AutoBug ·
takis wrote:Thanks for your replies.
It will be looked at on Saturday.
Will be renewing all.
Fingers crossed no harm has been caused during the oil light flickering on the internals..
Hopefully its ONLY the sender....
Lee
General_Failure ·
68AutoBug wrote:I have noticed the plastic senders now available are probably from Brasil...
as they are very cheap... lol
not good
LEE
They still make them? when i needed a sender maybe a year or so ago because my old one sprung a leak I bought a compatible one from the local VDO supplier.
vicelore ·
Is that the Green light Far right in a type 3 cluster ?? Not sure if its the same but i get that too..
Cheers Vice
vlad01 ·
Green light?!?! the oil light is the red one that says Oil 😂
type3lover ·
vlad01 wrote:Green light?!?! the oil light is the red one that says Oil 😂
Not on early models 🙅
Joel ·
that was one thing i always thought was a stupid move on VWs part...
not labeling the warning lights yea kinda dumb but to make the oil light green?!? 🤪
nearly all of them have turned yellow these days
vlad01 ·
really? green? lol. can some post a pic. I got see this.
Joel ·
green was the stock vw oil light colour till 68 or 69 in most models cos vw didnt label the idiot lights
but im guessing its type3 you wanna see?
bug:
type3lover ·
Joel wrote:that was one thing i always thought was a stupid move on VWs part...
not labeling the warning lights yea kinda dumb but to make the oil light green?!? 🤪
nearly all of them have turned yellow these days
So true! After driving several beetles over the years I used to think they were both supposed to be yellow!