Date:         Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:55:10 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Is Your Oil Pressure Buzzer Too Quiet?
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>> Yeah, when the oil-change monkey knocked the wire loose on mine, I
>> thought I was going to have a heart attack when it went off.

> I think I read a thread about that. Might have been yours?

Could be, though I think it's happened to a lot of people,
particularly if they had a greasemonkey change the belts too.

> I made a
> metal box and put strips of foam on the bottom to electrically
> insulate the bottom of the PBC. Maybe it's dampening the sound of the
> buzzer.

Looking at the spare speedo I keep next to my recliner (my wife thinks
it's GREAT that I have a pile of car parts under the side table!) it
looks like it's just a classic make-break coil driven buzzer in there.
I betcha it depends a LOT on being snapped onto a rattly plastic
housing.

> I imagine an oil pressure gauge would be the best thing to have.

Yeah, I have oil temp and pressure gauges. Given the sensors and their
locations (cheap little VDO pressure sensor and drain plug mounted
temp sensor) the accuracy of the numeric readings on the gauge scales
is definitely questionable, but they're VERY good for keeping track of
relative change.

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen"
'90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"