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Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:10:15 -0500
...It it doesn't, I'll replace > the high-pressure sensor switch (assuming I can get to it). > > After that... I don't know...
Re: electric plug in engine block
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:08:34 -0700
...if you are getting genuine OE German oil pressure switches ...fine. There is no way that I'd be replacing a good high pressure...
Re: 86 vanagon Oil Pressure Switch
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:34:51 -0700
...The > >1.8/.9 bar switch screws into the high pressure outlet, which is located to > >the left of the main pulley and under...
Re: Switching to synthetic oil?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:30:31 -0500
...when making the switch? The van > doesn't currently leak any oil and I haven't had any oil pressure troubles, > I would just...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:58:56 -0700
...It it doesn't, I'll replace > the high-pressure sensor switch (assuming I can get to it). > > After that... I don't know...
Re: Switching to synthetic oil?
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 06:28:44 -0700
I've always switched all my cars over to full synthetic, even ones with high mileage, and have never had a problem of any...
Oil pressure....say HALLELUJAH!!
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:37:03 -0600
...I switched out the high pressure oil sender today, and I have never been so happy to find the incorrect part in the van...
Re: Oil Pressure Switch
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:05:17 -0500
...When I pulled the high pressure switch, I also removed the >> bushing >> to the block. I cleaned both and reinstalled bushing(old w/copper...
Re: OIL LIGHT AND BUZZER
Historical mailing list - Karl M.
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 01:25:03 -0400
...Occasionally I can get it to go off for a few seconds by switching > on or off the high beam lights. > > My mechanic and...
Re: 1.9L bogging down on acceleration when hot..anyone ideas???
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Sun, 7 Apr 2002 03:07:22 -0400
...engine temp should be higher if to much air in... $1500 of various failing parts (AFM, Pressure Regulator, idle stab, control box, idle switch...
Re: '87 low RPM/idle problems.
Historical mailing list
Thu, 6 Feb 1997 12:33:25 -0800
...If your throttle switch does not click (take the engine lid off so you can hear it) as soon as you apply ANY pressure...
2.1 oil leak revisited.
Historical mailing list - Jim Quan
Mon, 4 Jul 2005 13:03:21 -0700
...or the oil pressure switch amongst other possibilities. I single these out because this problem seems related to extented high RPM chugs up grades...
Re: Continuing Saga of Oil Pressure light
Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
Sat, 9 Jul 2005 11:54:10 EDT
...I went out and was checking the high pressure switch near the oil pump and discovered it was DISCONNECTED!! How it worked itself loose...
Re: Thought problem for Friday
Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:46:48 +0000
...It's pitch (frequency) changes with pedal pressure (higher with more > pressure), and only happens on AM stations. Unfortunately, my favorite > sports radio stations...
Re: Oil Light Discovery-Fram Filters
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Mon, 29 Dec 2003 08:50:47 -0500
...One could disable the high pressure sender(13.1 psi) circuit (it really is useless) by grounding the wire. Ken Lewis 86 Transporter Crew...
Re: 86 vanagon Oil Pressure Switch
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:16:24 -0700
...The > >> >1.8/.9 bar switch screws into the high pressure outlet, which is located > >to > >> >the left of the main pulley and under...
Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Thu, 2 May 2019 15:02:02 -0700
...t ever buzz and won't try to use the higher rpm pressure switch. Mark Nick DeAngelis wrote: > Thanks Ken! > > Dan the pin bending...
Re: Oil light problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Sat, 22 Nov 2014 06:35:17 -0500
...Now I have the 2 pressure gauges working and the VDO. All this should tell me what is going on with the pressure switches...
Re: Radiator Fan Issues
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:14:47 -0700
The high side pressure switch in my '87 Camper closes the 2nd stage relay that puts the radiator fan on its 2nd speed; it...
Re: AC conversion quirks
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Jul 2004 00:31:31 -0400
...The high speed is due to excessive high side pressure. The R134 does operate at slightly higher pressures than R12. The replacement expansion valves...
Re: Heater fan switch
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 15:40:32 -0400
...The contact pressure is less, the resistance is more, the contact gets hotter yet... I *love* relays...my switch on high speed is now...
Re: 86 vanagon Oil Pressure Switch
Historical mailing list - clerkin
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 19:58:40 -0500
...The >> >1.8/.9 bar switch screws into the high pressure outlet, which is located >to >> >the left of the main pulley and under...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Wed, 6 Sep 2017 16:49:21 -0700
...The result, a gauge sender > that works just fine, and both low and high pressure warnings working > also. The original set up is not...
Re: AC - Again! '91 Carat
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 23 Jul 2016 10:53:37 -0500
...This switches > power to the .09 ohm resistor speeding the fan up significantly. If the > high side pressure continues to climb at some point...
Digifant problem update
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Sat, 15 Jun 2002 17:09:00 -0400
...revivified fuel pressure and fuel pressure regulator are OK.....Pass Switch distributor/hall sensor..........same result...........runs ok until warm and then struggles and...
Re: oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
Mon, 7 May 2007 10:09:11 -0700
...The 0.9bar switch is new. What is strange is that the change from the 0.3bar switch to the 0.9bar switch occurs...
Vanagon gauge update
Historical mailing list
Tue, 6 Jun 95 16:32:41 EDT
...cooler head temps, overall higher oil pressure cooler oil temps ( all based on claimed benefits of synthetic). Here is what I found: 1) trip...
Re: Catastrophe!! The rest of the story.
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:57:07 -0500
...enough, I could see the naked connector end > > of the high > > pressure switch. So I went fishing to find the wire > > and connector that...
Re: 84 vs 85 Digijet
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:36:07 -0700
...for the PS pressure switch, or for a vacuum switching valve for upping the idle speed when PS pressure is high. so basically.........nothing...
Re: more idle issues revisited
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sat, 20 May 2006 11:45:15 -0700
...the power steering pressure switch is WORKING, and that something else is buggering your idle. When the switch detects high demand from the PS...
Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 3 Jan 2017 21:12:25 -0800
...PS Pump switch high idle question >> >> Hi, >> >> Can someone school me on the way the PS pump switch affects the idle speed? I have...
Re: Oil pressure
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Thu, 9 Jul 2015 22:00:37 -1000
...Oil pressure > > I've got two oil pressure guage setups. One takes pressure from the pressure switch that monitors oil pressure at the cam...
Re: Instrument Cluster Swap Gone Wierd
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:20:26 -0700
...The 86+ IC wants to see both oil pressure switch inputs and the other years don't have the high pressure/high rpm switch...
Re: Oil pressure on a long trip
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 20:28:14 -0400
...Assuming you have the correct oil pressure switches, you may be getting the oil too hot causing it too loose its viscosity. Also, make...
Re: Question about Westy City Water Outlet
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 18 May 2006 12:52:05 -0400
...when i hook up water at > normal pressure, its a mess because the sink spout cannot deal with the > high > pressure. some people mailed...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:07:42 -0500
The high pressure switch is the one that is giving the light and buzzer. It is located down below and slightly to the left...
Re: 1.9l with 23psi @ 4000 rpm
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 3 Jan 2012 20:12:51 -0500
...heard >> of anyone having an old switch that was still responding, but just at >> too high a pressure (if anything I would expect them...
Re: pressure sender hi/lo
Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 11:39:50 -0600
...the dynamic light system and the high and low pressure switches are not involved in getting the pressure gauge to work. The oil temp...
Re: electric plug in engine block
Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:09:10 -0400
...OE German oil pressure switches ...fine. > There is no way that I'd be replacing a good high pressure switch on a 2.1...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 7 Sep 2017 04:46:24 +0000
...The higher pressure oil sensor should be grey, .8 bar normally open, closing with sufficient pressure. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
Re: REPLACING OIL PUMP
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:50:02 -0400
...pressure hot and the sender they have with the gauge or the oil light comes on at a higher pressure than the stock switch...
Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:05:29 -0600
...An occasional flickering of the oil pressure warning light when the engine is idling after a long high-speed trip is no cause for...
Re: AC relay question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:25:49 -0500
...If you can't identify the high/low pressure switches and you don't know how to use gauges you may want to get...
Re: FP Regulator Life Expectancy?
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:24:00 -0600
...Fuel pressure was dwindling day by day after I made a better ground connection. Hit the ignition switch and a whopping 14# showed up...
Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 4 Jan 2017 05:14:02 +0000
...PS Pump switch high idle question >> >> Hi, >> >> Can someone school me on the way the PS pump switch affects the idle speed? I have...
Re: Elemental Mods Report
Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
Tue, 6 May 2008 10:35:48 -0700
...It is a R134 conversion, so I was suspecting pressure issues, but it sounds like there is no pressure cutout. Any ideas then as...
Re: Does a worn pressure relief valve cause Oil pressure buzzer?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:02:10 -0400
...The circuit looks only at rpm (from the tach signal) and the two pressure switches, on NO and the other NC. david -- David Beierl...
More on AC parts
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:34:46 -0400
...I have the complete high pressure hose that runs from the compressor to the evaporator. The low pressure hose that comes back from the...
Re: Oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Thu, 9 Jul 2015 15:56:44 -0700
...Oil pressure I've got two oil pressure guage setups. One takes pressure from the pressure switch that monitors oil pressure at the cam...
Re: Thought problem for Friday
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:01:56 -0700
...It's pitch (frequency) changes with pedal pressure (higher with more >> pressure), and only happens on AM stations. Unfortunately, my favorite >> sports radio stations...
Euro-Elec: UPDATE 91 Volkswagen Vanagon, idiot lights, oil light
Historical mailing list - "Richard Meissenheimer (by way of Derek Drew )"
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 10:35:07 -0500
...I replaced that one with a known good grey switch. This did not change anything. I have not checked the actual pressure because I...
Re: Continuing saga of Oil Pressure light...
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:40:22 -0700
...the switch to become inoperable. But it happens too often in these cars. And I think, it is almost always the high pressure one...
Re: Random Oil Buzzer
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Apr 2004 17:41:00 -0500
The over 2K rpm buzzer is activated by the high pressure switch located at the rear of the engine. The switch closes and completes...
Re: # Importance of pressure and temp monitoring (long)
Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 15:55:55 -0400
...hacked a replacement pressure switch which somehow >didn't protect the A/C system from high pressure. >Why high pressure? because the radiator fan...
Re: Switching to synthetic oil?
Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:46:58 -0600
...when making the switch? The van > doesn't currently leak any oil and I haven't had any oil pressure troubles, > I would just...
Oil light and buzzer no more!
Historical mailing list - Ram�n Celaya
Sat, 15 Jun 2002 12:11:15 -0800
...I had 1.6 bar instead .9! wrong switch in that place too high. Ramon Celaya Mexicali, Baja California Mexico Syncro 86 GL Carat...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Roland
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:29:03 -0700
...It it doesn't, I'll replace > the high-pressure sensor switch (assuming I can get to it). > > After that... I don't know...
Re: A/C Fans 2nd and 3rd ?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:34:24 -0500
...Got ZGringo back frohe a/c shop and have the old > trinary pressure switch on and all is cool. A/C starts immediately and...
Re: 1.9l with 23psi @ 4000 rpm
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Tue, 3 Jan 2012 23:43:38 +0000
...heard of anyone > >>> having an old > >>> switch that was still responding, but just at too high a pressure > >>> (if > >>> anything I would expect them...
86 Westy Syncro , Re: Dynamic oil pressure
Historical mailing list
Mon, 27 May 1996 22:26:03 -0400
...The high and low pressure switches have been replaced along with the circuit board. At about 3000 RPM the light flashes and the buzzer...