Date:         Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:57:40 -0600
Reply-To:     Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
Subject:      Re: Still doesn't add up,
              was:  Re: [Syncro] Oil pressure mystery,resolved???
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This is a good thought.  I'll check the switch next, and try a new one.
tx,
bmc  :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."


> From: Ralf Kleineisel <ralf@kleineisel.de>
> Organization: None
> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 17:00:11 +0200
> To: VW Syncro mailing list <Syncro@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: Still doesn't add up, was:  Re: [Syncro] Oil pressure
> mystery,resolved???
>
> Ben McCafferty wrote:
>
>> If the requirement is 4.4 or 13.1 psi, there's a ghost in the machine,
>> because the engine never runs below 20 psi at 2000 rpm, and usually higher
>> than that.
>
> I see it this way:
>
> Your van produces 20 psi at 2 krpm.
> The switch should close at 13 psi.
>
> This means if your buzzer sounds though you have > 13 psi the sensor is
> out of order. Did you already change the sensor? It's only about 7,- EUR
> (bought a grey one two weeks ago).
>
> Does your engine have the correct sensor? When I got my rebuild motor it
> had the wrong one (black from a 1.6 D instead of grey for my TD) and the
> buzzer always went on under 2.5 krpm. The pressure was always ok. I
> changed it to the correct sensor and it's fine. If they put instead of a
> 0.9 bar sensor a 1.4 bar or 1.9 bar sensor in, then this could be the
> fault. 20 psi is ~ 1.4 bar, so a grey sensor would be at the edge. What
> color is the 0.9 bar sensor supposed to have?
>
> Or you have a problem in the wiring.
>
> --
> Ralf Kleineisel
> '91 VW T3 Multivan Syncro 1.6 TD
>
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