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Date:         Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:15:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 09:17 -0400, Dennis Haynes wrote: > The proper blue sensor is .25 (3.53 psi). I have the VDO 150 psi gauge > with the 2 pole sensor which turns the light on at .8 bar (11.1 psi). > With my oil cooler set up I rarely have an issue with the light. Do > you really want to not get a warning anyway with only 3.5 psi of oil > pressure?

<Suddenly feeling singled out for asking the wrong question, he looks around nervously>

I dunno. I...I didn't know there was going to be a test.

So, um, do I want to not get a warning with only 3.5 psi of op? Versus 11 psi?

Um, I guess that depends on whether oil pressure drops catastrophically when there is a failure so it doesn't really matter because that's all she wrote, or whether it degrades gracefully, in which case a warning at 11 psi is better than at 3.5 psi.

<Was that in the last chapter we were assigned? he wonders>

> This why the later vans got the dynamic oil pressure warning system.

<hand in air>

What's a dynamic oil pressure whatsit?

-- Rocky J Squirrel

> > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 7:20 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . . > > I'm confused. Is 0.3 bar lower or higher than the trip point for the stock sender? > > On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 19:09 -0400, Dennis Haynes wrote: > > > I prefer the two pole sensor. Turns light on earlier and makes for one less failure point. > > > > Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On > > Behalf Of Chris S > > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 6:43 PM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . . > > > > Beware the two-pole sender. The oil light side has a low pressure > > trigger that is a bit higher than .3 bar. Run a splitter and use a > > factory sender for your light. > > > > Chris. > > > > Wysłane z iPhone'a > > > > Dnia Apr 8, 2011 o godz. 17:05 Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> > > napisał(a): > > > > > 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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