Date:         Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:50:41 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: VDO wiring help needed!
Comments: To: Doug <vanagons@cox.net>
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On 4/18/06, Doug <vanagons@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Folks,
> Am installing a VDO oil pressure gauge and sender. Need help with the
> connections, and haven't been able to decipher the letter designations.
> The seller kindly left out the VDO manual.
> The sender has a screw-on terminal marked "G", and one marked "WK". the
> gauge has 3 screw connections, one marked "+", one marked "-", and one
> marked "S".
> Is this really a potentiometer, so it makes no difference which sender
> connection I call "signal"?
> Is the signal input to the gauge the "S" term., while the "+", and "-",
> power the gauge?


Yep, "S" is signal, and + and - are power. Connect "S" to sender terminal
"G" (for "Gauge"). "WK" stands for "Warnlicht Kontact" (Warninglight
Contact), and  that terminal behaves just like the standard .3bar stock
sensor so you can still have the function of your oil warning light system.

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"