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Another thing to check is to make sure the foam around your oil cooler is there. What Foam? :@ I definitely do not have any foam there or had for that matter, I just recently cured a small leak that the cooler had and did not see this foam. I know I am probably asking too much but do you have any pictures or can you describe this to me as if I was a 2 yr old? :] Thanks David 67 Baltic Blue Fastback ----- Original Message ----- From: "Everett Barnes" <everettb@thesamba.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 3:56 PM Subject: Re: Oil Light On > > I meant 20w/50 oil. Won't my light come on more often or at lower > > temperature if I use SAE 30.? > > > Your idle pressure will be higher with 20w/50 oil. This may cause the > light > to not flicker. > > I live in Phoenix and I use 20w/50 in the summer but only when I have a VW > where the oil light comes on at idle after a freeway drive. > > Another thing to check is to make sure the foam around your oil cooler is > there. On my '67 Squareback the oil light flickered at idle but that went > away when I replaced the oil cooler foam. My unscientific "meat > thermometer" test showed a drop of 10-15 degrees. > > -- > Everett > '66 Type 34 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >