Date:         Mon, 1 Dec 1997 21:40:47 -0500
Reply-To:     Bob O'Shaughnessy <oshaug@INFINET.COM>
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From:         Bob O'Shaughnessy <oshaug@INFINET.COM>
Subject:      VDO senders and oil pressure
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     Well, the project van is running, the engine probably only has 30min
or so on it, enough for the paint to start burning off of the S&S exhaust
and for me to fill the cooling system and get the engine tuned up.
     I'm gonna go up this weekend and put it though a break-in cycle to
get the rings seated, but until then I'm having a little niggling problem.
     I wired a VDO oil pressure gauge up with the dual sender and the
extension hose.  I wasn't entirely clear on which post the gauge was to
be wired and which kept the idiot light wire.  They are labeled S and WK
(I'm pretty sure of that, but the van is 50 miles away and I didn't write
it down).  I wired the gauge to the S terminal and the WK to the idiot
light.
     The gauge is reading about what I'd expect, about 60lbs cold at idle
(10W30, new bottom end) settling down to the 20-30 range.
     The idiot light, unfortunately is a bit weird.  It doesn't give its
normal test routine, blinking continuously, but not buzzing with the
ignition on and the engine off.  It goes off when I start the engine, but
comes back on and buzzes a few minutes after I start the engine and rev
it.  (It doesn't come on if I keep the engine at or near idle)  All the
time, the gauge reads plenty of oil pressure.

     Any ideas?

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Bob O'Shaughnessy
84GL, 85GL project (Now Running!!! Waiting for tags!) (Mine)
82 Diesel L with carbed Rabbit engine (belongs to friend)
74 Bus (Dad's)
72 Wife, 94 Rabbit, 95 Cat, 96 cat.