Once the oil is hoot, the engine will not reliably hold 29 psi at 200 rpm. These engine typically hold 10-12 PSI for each 1000 RPM using 20-50 oil once the oil is over 220. The 1.8 switch will work if the oil temps stay low and the engine is new, but it will give nuisance alarms during certain conditions. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Ben huot Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 1:09 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Ethnicity of Oil Pressure Switch Hi, The minimum oil pressure at 2000 rmp (By Bentley spec, is Bentley right!!!) is 2 BAR (29PSI). Why do we have a.9 BAR (13PSI) as minimum pressure alarm / switch??? It does not make sense, the minimum should be at least 1.5 - 1.8 BAR (What is minimum?) Get a damn oil pressure gauge!!! Yea, Bentley is a big book full of it!!!!! In a 10-page section on the lubrification subject, no mention of the oil pressure at freeway speed???????????????????? Regards, Ben http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/engine1.htm |
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