Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:47:49 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Oil pressure -- normal range?
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either the 0 to 100 psi ( which looks just fine and normal in a vanagon to
me )
or the 0 to 80 .
which I just posted about , including a picture from egauges.com.
you defenitely don't want the 0 to 150 psi.
I put my OP guage in a single black pod..
at the base of the windshield, so it's close to my nomal line of site..
and just to the right of the instument cluster means that 3 wires only have
to sneak from the instrument cluster right side to the guage ..just a few
inches away.
that is far easier than making a panel, or buying one, with round holes
already in it ..
mounting it on top of or under the dash, etc.
scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: Oil pressure -- normal range?
> Oh, I'm planning to rotate the gauges as needed so their pointers point
> straight up when reading normal levels, but I see oil pressure gauges
> reading 0-80 psi, 0-100 psi, 0-150psi and more. Knowing what might be
> "normal" oil pressure in a 1.9L wbx would help me pick one that doesn't
> have the needle cramped over to one side under normal operating
> conditions.
>
> On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 12:20 -0700, Don Hanson wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
>> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm just now looking at oil pressure gauges. egauges has quite
>> a number,
>> and there are choices of oil pressure ranges. What's the range
>> one
>> expects to find in a 1.9L wasserboxer? I guess that ideally,
>> selecting
>> the right gauge would result in the pointer pointing at 12 o'
>> clock when
>> oil pressure is in the "normal" range.
>>
>>
>>
>> Many people just turn all their gauges so the needles all point
>> straight up when the reading is exactly right.
>> Then, you look at the row of gauges and if one is not...it draws
>> your attention right now. Same on a single gauge. Rotate the dial
>> till the needle is up at your normal reading....Of course, this would
>> really bother some...having it 'not straight'..
>>
>> I don't know the answer to your actual question..not running a WBX
>> in my van.
>>
>> Don Hanson
>>
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