VW vendors sell a VDO gauge for pressure that has a small can like sender with two electrical 'poles'...one for your existing system...the warning light..and one to run the aftermarket gauge. I don't know about the Waterboxer motor but on my inline VW motor I put it onto the sender down at the oil filter flange and it works fine. You will have to run a wire from back to front and what I did was use some 4-strand trailer wiring wire...I used one strand to get the pressure sender signal, one for my Oil temp sender and I have two left over for any other uses that come later on. Don Hanson On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:21 PM, courtney hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca> wrote: > Mr Squirrel, > Do yourself a favor and buy a good quality one that is electric, NOT > mechanical. What a nightmare running the capillary tubing for mechanical > gauges, not to mention the lag time. I used to run a digital oil pressure > gauge in my HP 2276cc Bug, which was very accurate and looked good too. > Nowadays you can get them from just about any big gauge manuf. Just remember > that the big ticket with these is consistency between readings. It's good to > know what the gauge reads as an average of what you expect to be normal; not > necessarily within 2 lbs. of actual pressure. If it varies markedly from > what you expect to usually see, THEN you know something is up. Mine used to > blink like crazy if the pressure dropped below 20psi. > Courtney > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> > Date: Friday, April 8, 2011 1:09 pm > Subject: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . . > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > ...I might as well look into rigging an oil pressure gauge. > > Anyone got a > > handy kit or anything? > |
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