this stupid buzzer keeps going off. its like a steady beep, but if i give the car a little gas it goes away. someone has to know what this is and how to fix it. please help.

 

Check all your fluids? Oil, coolant, etc? Do any warning lights come on? Does the Shift ^ light come on?

 

all my fluids are good. no idiot lights come on, and i havent checked about the shift up light. but what would that have to do with anything? if you're thinking it might be the redline buzzer, its not. but ill tell you this, im gonna go mad if i cant find out what it is...

 

is it a beep-beep-beep or a buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz? if it's beeping it could be the power steering computer.

 

its a constant beeping. i dont have power steering so i know thats not it...

 

is it the beeding that you get when you open the door with the keys in it? maybe your door switch is busted or something??...

 

Once in a very great while I'll get that beeeping. I have found, that a good rap against the CPU with your hand stop it. Give it a try. That and or tugging on the wiring harness while its beeping.

 

when i push the gas pedal in it goes away.

 

I get the same beeping , it just started, my car has the front up in the air and i just changed an oil cooler line. when i started it to check for leaks the beeping appeared. Hmmm

Jim

 

i remember someone saying that they changed the alternator and it stopped, could that be the case?

 

I'll start it up and check the alt. but wouldn't some kind of warning light come on for the alternator.

Jim

 

on mine the seatbelt beeper will intermittantly beep at me
step one is to figure out what buzzer it is, ther are at least 3 in the car
(redline, seatbelts, coolant, lights on....)

mike

 

Does your coolant light come on when you first turn on the ignition? If not, it may be a coolant warning. You may have an air bubble in the radiator. I had a problem with that right after I changed my coolant. Didn't get all the air out and the sensor went dry.

 

If it is a BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
its a fluid.

if its a BEEP-BEEP....BEEP-BEEP....BEEP-BEEP....BEEP-BEEP....
Its the door.

If its another kind, (like the power steering on a earlier 2nd gen) then ..
well, its another kind, like...the power steering on a earlier 2nd gen!


However, for problem 1:
You might have an air pocket in your cooling system...
Put the car on wheel ramps, turn the heat on (this is important in any car), warm it up until the thermostat starts to open, then put a hose in the radiator at 1/3 of wide open on the spigot.
Top off the water this way.
Then top off the catch tank.

OR you have a bad oil pressure sensing problem.

fix it.



Problem 2:
3 things i know of make this sound.
door switch
ignition with key in lock
seat belts.

Fix the one that is busted.

If NONE of these fix it, (and Im convinced its your water level sensor thinking theres air in the system), then resolder the parts that always need resoldering on these cars.

Sniper_X
Always Tinkering

 

well i dont know how to do any of that, so should i try it anyway? i dont want to mess anything up.

 

youre kidding.

You dont know how to put your car on wheel ramps and fill it with water with the heat on?

Thats most likely your problem man!
the water....

 

whoops! thats the last time i just reach in to start the car. Now i remember my seat belt warning comes on intermitently too.

Jim

 

did you remove your power steering or did it come that way. I had that same thing, it was my power steering. after I changed the pump and that little cylender type thing with the electric lead on the bottom of the pump, it stopped. now I took it off though.
My point is if you removed your power steering you should also remove the power steering computer. that is what was beeping form me
a series of five beeps, pause then repeat right?

 

I read someone say a bad oil sensing problem. Just wondering, what should my car be running for oil pressure. 87 t2 with 10w30.

Jim

 

NEW RECRUIT....The oil pressure high or low will not cause any lights or beeeps or buzzzzers. What will cause the buzzzzzzzzzzzzer is what is a low lever float in the oil pan. You can have 70 psi on the oil pressure gauge, but if the oil level in the pan is extremly low, the float will not float and will make a circuit that cause a buzzzzzzzer. But anyway, your oil pressure should be b/t 60-70 psi at 3000 and about 30psi at idle. The book reads a bit different, but thats close enough.