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Date:         Fri, 29 Jun 2001 10:06:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Leon Korkin <korkwood@SURFREE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Leon Korkin <korkwood@SURFREE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil pressure switch
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If you got 86 and later Vanagon you got 2 oil pressure switches, .9 and .3 bar. working in dynamic oil pressure system. .3bar switch works at lower rpm and .9 bar switch works at 2000rpm and higher according to tach signal. 1.8 bar was used on 85 model only Leon 85 Subwagen Westy

Dennis Haynes wrote:

> The 1.8 bar switch is too high for the Vanagon. It will cause nuisance > sounding of the buzzer above 2500 rpm. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of Karl Wolz > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 2:57 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Oil pressure switch > > Hi all, > > BD lists two oil pressure switches for the "back of the engine". One at .9 > bar and the other at 1.8 bar. What are the different applications for these > two switches? > > The article by Jim Davis on the vanagon.com page mentions the 0.9 switch as > being the correct one. I was sold a 1.8, and am going nuts trying to track > down an oil pressure problem that may not actually exist! > > Thanks, > > Karl Wolz


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