<VV> Oil pressure idiot lite came on after

Harry Yarnell hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
Wed Sep 10 11:00:28 EDT 2008


No, too much oil won't light the lamp. Could be a bad switch or the wiring 
to the temp switch (same lamp, ckt.) is chaffed on some sheet metal and 
shorting out.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman garage and orphanage
Perryman, MD
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rod Murray" <rmurray at anaheimducks.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:53 AM
Subject: <VV> Oil pressure idiot lite came on after


> Would too much oil lite the lamp?  Oil chng this weekend combined w 
> pressure wash across engine...140 engine w deep dish oil pan, and added 7 
> quarts.  Manual says standard is 4q + 1 pint for filter, and deeper pan 
> needs around an extra q.  Oh yeah, I still have original dipstick so it 
> doesn't reach all the way into pan.  I filled til it hit the full mark.
>
> Or...did my sender switch just decide to quit?
>
> Thx
> Rod
> 66 monza 140 (sitting in the garage)
> ------------------------
> Thx, Rod
> (BlackBerry built - pls excuse typos)
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