Howdy- Wandering through the pick-n-pull junkyard today there was a Porsche 924 in among the other Audis and VWs. It had an irresistable set of three gauges in the center console--an oil pressure gauge, a clock, and a voltmeter--all VDO, and mounted in a nice brown plastic thingy that might be adaptable to the Vanagon. Having seen firsthand the importance of good oil karma during my 1.6NA diesel rebuild, I want to keep close tabs on the oil pressure from now on. My questions: 1) can the VDO gauge get enough useful information from the existing oil pressure idiot light sending unit? This would make life easy. 2) failing that, should I go back to the junque yard and yank the oil pressure sending unit from the Porsche, keeping in mind that the 924 had an Audi engine and may just fit my 1.6NA diesel? It would take a seriously demented schmuck to be that familiar with these two bastard stepchildren of automotive history (Diesel Vanagon and Porsche 924) :) Daniel Snow PhD Student UC Berkeley '82 Vanagon Diesel '78 Puch Maxi Luxe Moped '01 Xootr Scooter
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