Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 17:45:17 -0500
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Oil pressure -- normal range?
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That looks like the gauge I have. I'm happy with it. Cold, I get something near to 70 psi reading on it (well above 60 psi, anyway), but over there, it is not certain that the response on the gauge face is linear. Right now, with the temps we are having, I'm getting about 40 psi when fully warmed up and running at 60 mph (3200 rpm) down the highway, and about 10-12 psi when fully warmed up at idle. I'm hoping that holds true when the temps start hitting upper 90s and above a 100 F, now that the oil cooler is in.
mcneely
---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
> I suggested the 0 to 100 psi gauge.
> On one engine I tested, oil pressure was as high as 60 psi cold, and as low
> as 7 psi at hot idle.
>
> the VDO I use ..think it's the cockpit series .
> the psi range is shaped like a baseball field , with home plate at the
> bottom of the gauge ..
> and 50 psi is straight up.
> so needle deflection ranges from, if on a clock .....10 o'clock is about 25
> psi ..
> 2 o'clock is about 70 psi.
> Works just fine.
> I don't like a full circle type gauge face very much, for something like OP.
>
> It's the Vision series I use ..
> like this one .......
> ( though this pic is for a 0 to 80 psi gauge ....evidently they don't have
> a pic of the 0 to 100 psi one ...
> and, come to think of it .
> as long as your oil pressure relief valve is working right ..
> you'll never see over 80 psi ..
> the two 1.9 wbxr engines I have tested recently for a few weeks each ..
> the highest OP I ever saw cold, at say 2,000 rpm was just under 70 ..
> so you could use a 0 to 80 psi gauge if you wanted.
> this one,
> or this style. is what I suggest. I use the red lens or bulb cover that
> comes with the gauge ..
> it's a neat color for a gauge like this. And it's just handy to wire the
> gauge dash lighting to the power for the gauge ..that way gauge illumination
> is on any time the engine is running. I just like it like that .
> or it's for night stealth operations without headlights.
> http://www.egauges.com/vdo_ind.asp?Type=Elec_Engine_Pressure&Series=Vision&PN=350-1042
>
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 12:00 PM
> Subject: Oil pressure -- normal range?
>
>
> > 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.
> >
> > --
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David McNeely
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