Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 18:43:09 -0400
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From: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
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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.
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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?
>>
