Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 23:09:19 -0400
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From: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Oil pressure -- normal range?
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The dual pole sender has a 0-80 psi range. The 100 psi gauge would not
be a good fit.
Chris.
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Dnia Apr 9, 2011 o godz. 17:25 Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM
> napisał(a):
> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Rocky J Squirrel
>> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano,
>> Calif.)
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
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