Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:09:04 -0700
Reply-To: Paul <wognacious@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Paul <wognacious@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Oil Pressure Switch ....gone
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First off left me thank everyone for your thoughts and insights. Dennis
Haynes set me straight right off the bat. It was just a threaded hole, I
mistakenly thought that there was supposed to be a oil pressure switch at
the location I described partially due to the Bible oops I mean the
Bentley. If you look at page 10.8 Engine, removing .......... the third
picture has this "disconnect following...............plug 5 at oil pressure
switch." Well number 5 on the picture coincides with the location I
described but looking closer, and not in a semi-panic situation with the
lid off the engine compartment in a Home Depot parking lot, I now see that
it is merely a wire plug connection Mr. Bentley is referring to. My bad,
sorry. But it does make me wonder where the heck that oil came from and
what caused the symptoms I encountered. I know from past experience that
sometimes after a long down hill the CPU needs to be reset by turning the
engine off and then back on. Happened to me one time before during a
downpour, man was I glad I didn't have to go outside the van to try and
figure out what the heck was wrong. Thanks to reading the posts on the list
I recalled somebody describing those symptoms and what they did to remedy
it.
For the time being everything is good again...........for the time being.
It's seems that there is always some kind of adventure right around the
corner when you own one of these beauties. I think that's part of the
attraction or allure for me. It's kinda like when you were a kid waking up
on Christmas morning wondering what was under the
tree.......................kinda like that but perhaps a little more
intense. I better stop rambling or Ben will ban me.
Peace out,
Pablo in Tracy, CA
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> that's not his exact problem.
> he's thinking this hole location is a missing OP sw.
>
> he even said his light has been flickering some now and then .
> so the circuit is likely working.
>
>
>
> On 3/30/2012 7:26 PM, mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
>
>> Well, it shouldn't be too hard to tell if the oil pressure switch is
>> present and properly wired. Turn on the ignition, and look for the light.
>>
>> ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans<scottdaniel@**TURBOVANS.COM<scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> thanks for saying what year and engine you have !!
>>>
>>> a 1.9 only has one oil pressure switch ..
>>> it's under the left head, between the push rod tubes. You have to
>>> remove the tin piece below it to see it.
>>> It has one wire ..brown I believe..
>>> and you should be able to see it coming up from below at the forward
>>> side of the left cyl head..
>>> by the bell housing area.
>>>
>>> there is I believe ..
>>> a plug ....well, some pressed in oil gallery plugs ..
>>> but well below the Dist and hard to access.
>>> I just looked at several of my 1.9 engine blocks ( have rebuildable
>>> cores for sale btw ) and there is a threaded hole as your describe ..but
>>> it doesn't lead to anything.
>>>
>>> also ..be sure you are looking at 1.9 and not 2.1 in Bentley.
>>> there ARE two oil pressure switches on the 2.1 ..
>>> but the one below the Dist is way down there next to the crank pulley
>>> and not easy to access.
>>>
>>> you can tell if your block is a 1.9 by 'DH' in the engine # at the base
>>> of the oil breather tower.
>>> It could be either actually ..
>>> if the engine has been swapped out ..
>>> either long block will fit in either system.
>>> I swap 'em back and forth all the time. Even like my Digifant 87
>>> Wolfsburg with the slightly smoother 1.9 in it .
>>> And I really like my 85 Adventurewagon with 2.1 long block and intake
>>> and exhaust systems..but still running Digijet.
>>>
>>> I assume you checked your oil level.
>>>
>>> I just went through a round of heebie-geebies with a not-proper;y
>>> running in Digijet system..
>>> It was matter of somewhat AFM, Distributor ( hall sender ) and vacuum
>>> lines near the Dist that affect Vacuum advance and fuel pressure. Got
>>> those 3 straightened out and she was fine for the next 700 miles back
>>> home.
>>>
>>> Scott
>>> www.turbovans.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/30/2012 9:27 AM, Paul Rogers wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yesterday I took my Vanagon, which my GF has somehow tricked me into
>>>> letting her use as her daily driver, for a drive over the Altamont Pass to
>>>> do an errand. Well all was fine and dandy on the way up but on the downhill
>>>> side, actually on the flat rsection after the downhill, I noticed a power
>>>> loss. Fortunately I was near an off ramp and was able to make it to the
>>>> parking lot of a Home Depot. After looking around the engine compartment I
>>>> noticed a hole with a little pool of oil fairly close to the distributor
>>>> and under the pressure regulator. So I got out my Bentley and soon came to
>>>> the realization that there should be a pressure regulator there. Let me go
>>>> back a bit, the idiot light did go on earlier, but it had flickered a
>>>> little in the past and I was hoping that maybe a gremlin was at fault.
>>>> Wrong assumption on my part. I was able to get a 10mm bolt and neoprene
>>>> washer from the HD and drove
>>>> back home. The thing is I can't find the wire or where it should be
>>>> attached. Oh yea my Vanagon is a 1985 with a stock 1.9L in the engine
>>>> compartment. Any thoughts or insights would be greatly appreciated, except
>>>> the obvious one about me being an idiot. At least I caught it before the
>>>> oil all ran out.
>>>> TIA,
>>>> Paul in Tracy, CA
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPlace
>>>>
>>> --
>> David McNeely
>>
>>
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