Date:         Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:17:02 -0400
Reply-To:     Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
Subject:      What does your oil pressure gauge "say",
              and what other gauges do you have in your Vanagon
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Hi,


This weekend I put in a 3 gauge panel in my Vanagon. One of which is
an oil pressure gauge. As I haven't had an oil pressure gauge in a
Vanagon before, I need a "baseline" to compare my readings with.
Currently, my 87 Westy as 155K miles, and I have 10W30 oil in it.
When warmed up, idle pressure is 15psi, at 3K RPM - 30psi, at 4K RPM
- 40psi. What oil pressure readings do you get in your Vanagons?

As far as the other gauges in the panel, I have a 12V voltmeter. The
third gauge is a temperature gauge. The temp gauge came from my old
86 GTI (as did the voltmeter), however I do not have it hooked up as
I don't have the sensor for it, and on the GTI I was able to run the
sensor off of the oil cooler. The Vanagon oil cooler doesn't seem to
have a place to put the temp sensor. So, rather than having a
non-functioning gauge filling up the spot on the gauge panel, I'm
curious as to what other gauges you folks might have in your Vanagons.

Thanks.

Ric