Date:         Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:00:38 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Watch out Westy, there is a new kid in town!
Comments: To: Paul <wognacious@GMAIL.COM>
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Paul, the two switches are for two different locations on the vehicle they are intended for.  I don't know for sure about the 1.9, but the 2.1 uses both.  The 0.3 bar switch monitors at low RPMs and activates the "blinking idiot light" to inform the driver that the pressure is too low at the lower RPMs.  The 2.5 bar switch activates both the light and buzzer when the pressure drops below that level and RPM are higher -- I think over 2K.  Using the 2.5 bar switch in place of the 0.3 bar switch would result in the idiot light operating any time the pressure dropped below 2.5 bar at low RPM, which would be any time the engine has warmed to operating temperature, I would think.

Short of it is, putting the wrong switch on would render the oil pressure warning system ineffective.

mcneely

---- Paul <wognacious@GMAIL.COM> wrote: 
> Point well taken, I must say I do have to agree with that logic. On a more
> Vanagon related note I recently wrote, erroneously, about an oil pressure
> switch issue. It was regarding a 1.9L and now I'm finding that there are
> two switches that will allegedly work in that location between the push rod
> tubes. There is a .3 Bar (Brown) and a 2.5 Bar (Blue) the latter is said to
> eliminate the "idiot light" blinking issue. What is the general consensuses
> on this? Is the Brown or Blue one correct or does it even matter?
> Wondering in Tracy
> Pablo R 85 WWW
> 
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Apr 9, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Paul wrote:
> >
> > > They should let Westy owners, and others, bring our rigs to the dealer
> > and
> > > do a weekend exchange kinda deal. We leave our Westys as collateral, more
> > > or less, and they let us "Demo" their unit on a weekend jaunt. It would
> > be
> > > very interesting to see what the opinion of the vehicle would be
> > > then..........
> >
> > Just my $0.02 here, but….. I think that's too weak of an inferred position
> > to
> > take. I think that "we", the public that "they" are being targeted with
> > "their"
> > marketing $$$, have the power-position, and should just walk in and suggest
> > that we get to drive their demo's for a weekend, rather than their sales
> > staff.
> >
> > bob

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David McNeely