Date:         Fri, 2 Jun 2000 23:07:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Karl Bloss <vanagon@MAKAROV.COM>
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From:         Karl Bloss <vanagon@MAKAROV.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Which gauges?
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, David Marshall laid this bit of wit and wisdom upon us:
> At 09:52 AM 02/06/2000 -0700, Tom Moritz wrote:

> >3) Oil pressure
>
> -- Idiot light should be all you need.

I respectfully disagree.  We had occasion to spend the better part of a day in
some South Carolina backwater with Bubba (the head mechanic) trying to figure
out why the oil idiot light on my parents' Passat had come on the day before
on the highway.  Turns out it was electronics on the receiving end, so a dual
sender or redundant sender with gauge would have let us know it was OK to drive
on ... we were wasting precious vacation time here.

Also, on these older beasts, I find it reasuring to know that my oil pressure
still shoots up when I step on the gas pedal to the tune of

P(lb/in^2) >= RPM/100

Anyway, works for me...not everyone needs it.

-Karl
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1987 Westfalia Weekender "Bev" - 197K Miles
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