Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:00:40 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
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you got it ..
'more/better/other' info ..
an oil temp gauge is useful to know that you are not pushing things so hard
that the oil gets to a temp that's considered unsafe for maintaining the oil
cushion between things like crankshaft and rod bearings..
eventually oil will break down if it gets hot enough.
Superior performance at higher temps is one advantage that synthetic oils
offer.
'redline oil temp' for conventional oil is ...
opinions vary ..but much over 250F is getting pretty darn hot.
275F would be approaching 'dangerous' .
oil temp is always going to be at least coolant temp ..
so after a while it's 180 to 190ish anyway.
An oil temp gauge helps you judge how hard you are pushing things..
and how safe your oil is, temp-wise, for your engine.
btw ...
look for high ZDDP formulation oils..
or buy ZDDP oil addtive ..
it puts some of that good additive back in that has been eliminated from
most modern oils..
which are fomulated more to protect cataylic converters rather than engine
parts.
So I read, that is.
scott
turbovans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
> Sounds like a plan.
>
> Okay, ignorance speaking here: does an oil temp gauge provide
> more/better/other information than the stock temp gauge? Responds more
> quickly to heating, or something like that?
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 14:05 -0700, Don Hanson wrote:
>
>> 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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