Matt Matteson

This little post is to help out anyone searching to figure out their oil light flicker on thier VW bug’s.

 Driving back from Highlands ranch with Alex a few days ago, my oil light came on under any load. I nursed it home. Hoping it was just over heating, I left it, and tried it the next day. This time the oil light was flickering always, not just with a load or say at a certian RPM. Today I made it back up there, hoping I could play with it a little more after talking with the mechanic that has worked on my bug for a while.

 Today, the light was flickering still. Seemed real weird, it came on soild if I had the clutch in, but when it was just in neutral it was flickering less. Turns out I think she is alright. After playing with the cable that runs to the oil sensor the light would and would not go on. I believe my cable has developed a slight short, or the contacts on the wire need cleaned off. Depending on where the cable was pushed the light would come on or off. So if you have some oil pressure light alerts, play with the cable first, make sure it’s not grounding out, shorting, or such.

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