Date:         Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:10:18 +0000
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
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Details! They make the difference. You need to know how it works when all is normal to know what to do when it doesn't. This oil pressure relief set goes all the way back to early Beetle days when so many high performance places were selling the oil pressure boost relief springs and plungers. Let's twist some pump shafts and blow up coolers!

Dennis


-----Original Message-----
From: OlRivrRat [mailto:OlRivrRat@comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2017 11:55 AM
To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer

On 30 Jul , 2017, at 9:39 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> The oil pressure relief valve begins to relive excess pressure somewhere around 45-55 psi. This is dependent upon spring length and tension. Weather the released spring length is 60 or 62.5 mm is not going to make a significant difference. Depending on the oil pressure switch used the oil light flickering at low speed or idle is indication that the oil pressure has dropped below 3 to 5 psi. So whether the relief spring is working at 30 or 40 or 50 psi it just doesn't matter. So a new spring is not going to fix anything. 

        Thanks DH ~ I was about to bring up that point ~ But not with that Great Detail ~

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB