| Subject: | Intermittent Oil Pressure Light and Buzzer -- conclusion |
| From: | Gabriel Hourtouat <ghourtouat@GMAIL.COM> |
| Date: | Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:13:37 -0400 |
Thanks, volks, for your help!
Summing up (in case anyone has been tracking my issue and would find this
useful):
-I had an intermittent oil pressure light flickering (random, fast on and
off, twitchy, sometimes longer periods)
-switched the oil pressure relief spring with a part supplied by Porsche.
No change in troubles.
-got help from the list on the logic for the oil pressure light:
P less than 0.3bar = oil light;
P less than 0.9 bar + engine speed more than 2300rpm = oil light + BUZZER.
Great write-up on Go Westy:
http://www.gowesty.com/tech-article-details.php?id=42
-found my problem was a faulty wire on the low pressure [blue, easy access]
switch. It was shorting through cracked insulation and caked-on crud and
corruption. There has been zero recurrence of the oil light
flickering since fixing the shorting wire.
-installed an oil pressure gauge. I went with the Condelli solution
because it seemed overall more simple and didn't require modification to
the push-rod tube cover. Unfortunately, the modification did not go as
advertised: push-rod cover does not fit after the modification. Possibly
there are compounding reasons for this disappointment. Otherwise, I am
satisfied with this method. The kit shipped same day I ordered it and I
received it the next day.
https://www.frankcondelli.com/staging1/store/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=pressure+guage&product_id=1039
-Oil pressure at 4000rpm after one hour of running is about 26-29 psig.
QUESTION: why did my broken wire insulation suddenly start shorting? Why
was it caked-up with oil-soaked dirt?
Answer: Because an oil seal at the front of the engine failed and oil is
finding it's way around down there.
Gabby
'86 Westy wbx, ~240,000km