oil pressure buzzer location

[92EcoDiesel Jetta]

I don't drive the Jetta that often and I've never really checked out the oil pressure warning system totally, until just now. The oil warning LED in the cluster does go out after engine starts meaning the low pressure sensor in the head is working. I pulled the wire to the low pressure sensor and I get no cluster LED so I believe that portion is working normally.

Next I pulled the terminal to the high pressure sensor at the oil filter and revved the engine above 2000 rpm and there was no buzzer or LED! Put an ohmmeter to the high pressure sensor to ground: engine off infinity resistance, engine above 2000 rpm 200 ohms. That should be a lower resistance IMO so I hooked an ammeter from the yellow lead of the high pressure sensor (disconnected from the sensor) to ground (to simulate high pressure sensor closure) and reved engine above 2000 rpm and still no buzzer or LED. The ammeter showed 380 ma so some circuitry is drawing current. Should the LED have come on also? Maybe it's just the buzzer not working?

Where is the buzzer located?

[Rabbit on Roids]

buzzer is in the fuse panel..

[92EcoDiesel Jetta]

Mine must be missing. What is the part number? What is the control number and position in the fuse relay panel? I searched online catalogs for oil pressure buzzer, beeper, warning and found nothing.

[ktzdsl]

a) Buzzer is contained in the oil pressure warning system relay; normally 813 919 082 (with or with out a suffix of A, B, C, etc)
b) The relay on my MK1 is inserted into a receptacle 175 937 501 B. The receptacle usually is tied off or slides into slots on the outer edge of the fuse block. HTH

[92EcoDiesel Jetta]

Someone told me the oil pressure buzzer and circuitry is in the cluster. I took apart a spare MK II cluster and there was no sign of any buzzer. Are there some years where the oil pressure buzzer is in the cluster? I went and looked for a dangling relay and the only one accessible that's dangling was not the number listed. None of the relays in the panel was it either. Must be hidden higher up by the relay panel and kneebar?

[Vincent Waldon]

On MK2's, 3's, 4's etc it's in the cluster.... thought it was for MK1s as well.  

EDIT:  except that as far as I know, MK1s didn't have the dynamic oil pressure warning system?

[92EcoDiesel Jetta]

On MK2's, 3's, 4's etc it's in the cluster.... thought it was for MK1s as well.  

Where in the cluster is the buzzer? Is in the speedo? Is it in the clock? Is it on the flex circuit? What does it look like? What do I have to take apart to see it? I took apart a gasser MK II cluster and there was no sign of a buzzer. I'd hate to pull apart the cluster in the Jetta to find the same. This is turning out to be quite a mystery.

My alternator does not have a W terminal so that is another problem. I have to add the W terminal and make sure the signal gets to the oil pressure alarm circuitry. But I need to find the circuitry first.

[Vincent Waldon]

On cars so equipped the buzzer is going to be on the blue flexible circuit... probably facing the driver... if so you won't be able to see it without disassembling the cluster to turn the flex circuit inside out.

IIRC its a small white plastic circular device with a small hole in its front face.

BTW... dunno about your ammmeter... but mine has an resistance of quite a few ohms when measuring mA... so may be confusing your cluster a little bit.  Your other test is accurate... with the wire to the oil flange sensor dangling the buzzer and LED should come on over 2500ish RPM... if just the LED flashes it's  likely a bad buzzer... if neither the LED nor the buzzer come one somethings amiss more generically.

[92EcoDiesel Jetta]

Do gasser MK II clusters have the same oil pressure circuitry and buzzer? I think that's what I've used for a cluster so I can have a tach (with a mag pickup and triggers on the harmonic balancer) and a digital clock so that could be adding to the mystery.

[Vincent Waldon]

AFAIK the warning circuity is the same... only the tach display and cal are different... and of course the glow plug LED is populated.  

However, I have a vague memory that very early MK2s did not have the dynamic oil pressure warning system... just like not all have upshift lights... but I could be wrong... hopefully someone else will chime in.

[burn_your_money]

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://tech.bentleypublishers.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/40-31015-306807-5137/oilwarningSmall.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tech.bentleypublishers.com/message.jspa%3FmessageID%3D369906&usg=__5vMl_TQv2TwhjrwsM1yqhqNxn8Y=&h=480&w=640&sz=38&hl=en&start=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=aZp2ihDhY91tLM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvw%2Boil%2Bpressure%2Bbuzzer%2Bcluster%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DG%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D743%26tbs%3Disch:1

Look at the picture in the frame at the top. The buzzer is built into that section.

[92EcoDiesel Jetta]

I've had a few clusters apart and I don't ever remember seeing a L circuit board like that. Isn't that a relay and not a buzzer? Getting more confused.

I think my issue is the cluster is not seeing the W terminal tach signal. Before I do anything else, I should go into the alternator and bring a W terminal signal out from one of the diodes and make sure it gets to the cluster. If the buzzer then works I've fixed the problem.

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://tech.bentleypublishers.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/40-31015-306807-5137/oilwarningSmall.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tech.bentleypublishers.com/message.jspa%3FmessageID%3D369906&usg=__5vMl_TQv2TwhjrwsM1yqhqNxn8Y=&h=480&w=640&sz=38&hl=en&start=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=aZp2ihDhY91tLM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvw%2Boil%2Bpressure%2Bbuzzer%2Bcluster%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DG%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D743%26tbs%3Disch:1

Look at the picture in the frame at the top. The buzzer is built into that section.

[Vincent Waldon]

A relay can be wired to be a buzzer by placing the NC contact in series with the coil. 

[burn_your_money]

I've had a few clusters apart and I don't ever remember seeing a L circuit board like that. Isn't that a relay and not a buzzer? Getting more confused.

I've only had one cluster apart where I was looking for that specifically and it was there. It would be in the top right corner if you were looking at the gauges from the front.

There are many styles of clusters though...

[ktzdsl]

BLTN, when I realized that the vehicle was actually a 92 Jetta, I did a search and found that the buzzer was behind the cluster.
But was unable to find a relay because of the design on the Jetta.

"7.1 Dynamic Oil Pressure Warning System

The components of the dynamic oil pressure warning system are the pressure switches, the electronic control unit, the low oil pressure indicator, and the warning buzzer. A 0.3 bar pressure switch provides warning when the oil pressure falls to near zero at any time, including at idle. A 1.8 bar pressure switch (1.4 bar on diesels) provides earlier warning, at elevated rpm, whenever oil pressure falls below a minimum safe level.
On 8-valve engines the oil pressure switches are located on the oil filter flange and on the end of the cylinder head. (Fig. 7-1.) On 16-valve engines, both switches are located on the filter flange. On all models, the electronic control unit is behind the instrument cluster.
CAUTION-
If the warning indicator stays on after the engine is started, or flashes on while driving, always assume that there is insufficient oil pressure. Check oil level and test oil pressure before proceeding with tests of the warning system."
 
Plus, what I was quoting from is my 82  MK1 pickup, which does have the dynamic oil pressure system with the two (2) senders.
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