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• Re: Final Oil pressure result-expected coolant losses.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Dec 2014 00:27:14 -0500
  ...installed. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> One thing I would do is get the rear oil pressure switch from the dealer. >>>>>>>> The aftermarket ones including the OEM looking Meyle...
• Re: Yeppers -- failed oil pressure switch alright.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 29 May 2011 11:02:21 -0700
  ...Yeppers -- failed oil pressure switch alright. > At 12:01 PM 5/29/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >>(1981.9L) Got the tin off the...
• rewiring '87 foil for an '85 single oil pressure system?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 26 Jan 2016 17:17:35 -0800
  Swapped my wonky '85 cluster for one from an '87, and the oil light flashes and the buzzer buzzes all the time. I have...
• Re: Oil Light Flickering at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 02:01:48 EDT
  ...Magee 87GL 91 Westy 96 Suzuki 4WD Sport Kemah TX USA >> Replace the .15 BAR oil pressure switch. That should take care of it...
• Re: Oil Pressure Switch Removal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:26:48 -0500
  ...R&R that switch without making it a major repair job. Can't > get at it from underneath - the oil cooler is in the...
• Re: Oil Pressure Switch ....gone
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:45:53 -0700
  Hi, thanks for saying what year and engine you have !! a 1.9 only has one oil pressure switch .. it's under the left...
• Re: Need help
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 9 May 2005 08:38:29 -0700
  ...This could cause a low enough pressure at the lower pressure sense switch to cause a buzzer alarm with thick oil. Jimt
• Re: Oil Pressure observation.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:04:43 -0500
  ...interstate/highway > |> sustained speeds...210f Oil temperature with oil pressure of > |65psi at > |> 3700rpm (60mph) With the other oil, I was seeing about 55psi...
• Re: Vanagon oil light question for you - dissection of the light
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 18:20:19 -0700
  ...pressure story. I also did my last oil change for the engine break in a tad early....800 miles, but I wanted to switch...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:29:10 -0700
  It is most likely it is low oil pressure at a hot idle. Need to consider the switch of course, and ideally check the...
• Re: Swapping clock for Tach in an 84? a bit long.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:02:28 -0400
  ...Simply use a splitter, run it off the extension hose, and screw in your stock .3 bar oil pressure switch there. I'm using...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer-Arrgh!
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:13:58 -0700
  At that speed does the high pressure switch start working. Or not. This time did not work. Grounded wire, Faulty switch, Low oil pressure...
• Re: Looking for an 86-up instrument cluster w/tach
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sun, 2 Feb 2014 10:17:38 -0800
  ...oil pressure system ) to be happy in an 85 or earlier vanagon ..which is quite easy if the later 2 oil pressure switch system...
• Re: Oil Pressure observation.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:38:35 -0700
  ...Oil Pressure observation. | |I have never seen Castrol GTX in 10 or 15-50. The norm is |20w-50. This is an oil for...
• Re: oil light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Oct 2017 17:16:36 -0500
  ...Changed the filter and oil to preferrd type and no more problems. In one case I DID have to replace the pressure switch. No...
• Re: Was-Still got the Drips-Now Oil pressure switch?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:14:41 -0600
  ...Was-Still got the Drips-Now Oil pressure switch? >> >> >> Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM> writes: >>> >>> $150.00 for mechanic to do it. Good price...
• Re: BAD OIL Again!
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:34:31 -0800
  Have you tested the oil pressure? You may have a bad switch or instrument panel problem. The only way to know if you have...
• Re: Smelly Heat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Mar 1997 09:50:57
  ...If it's on the left, it could be either of the above, or the oil pressure switch, or the oil cooler and/or...
• Re: Oil pressure ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:40:19 -0500
  ...installed. >>> > >>> > One thing I would do is get the rear oil pressure switch from the dealer. >>> > The aftermarket ones including the OEM looking Meyle...
• Re: Yeppers -- failed oil pressure switch alright.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 May 2011 12:18:44 -0400
  ...This is a signal connection so contact resistance may not be so critical. >When I pull the switch, will there be much engine oil...
• Re: VDO Oil gauge...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:52:26 -0700
  I have an oil pressure and an oil temprature gauge installed in my VWs - The Oil pressure gauge comes with a new sender that...
• Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:12:53 -0700
  ...sure enough ...the spark plug wire zapped to low pressure oil pressure switch and blew it out so it can't conduct even with...
• Modified Engine Mileage Update...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 10:52:01 EST
  ...get better seated and I switch back to synthetic oil. I am using 205x70x14" Firestone tires air pressure 40 PSI. Tires are non-reinforced...
• Re: REPLACING OIL PUMP
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 07:58:37 -0700
  ...gauge or the oil light comes on at a higher pressure than the stock switch. did you have an oil pressure problem before you...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer-Arrgh!
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 14:30:31 EDT
  ...At that speed does the high pressure switch start working. Or not. This time did not work. Grounded wire, Faulty switch, Low oil pressure...
• Re: 1991 Carat - the drama continues
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:38:11 -0500
  ...did not install NEW $6.95 oil pressure switches and > make sure the wiring to those two switches are in PERFECT condition. > Better tell...
• Re: Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter, now what?
  Historical mailing list - David Harrison Ransom
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:21:18 -0700
  ...Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter, now what? Sounds like you have a sensor failure. There is a pressure switch...
• Re: gulf 87 gas
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:38:44 PDT
  ...I had the same problem with the vanagon it was the > oil pressure switch. I just had the oil changed and he talked me...
• Re: '84 Vanagon 1.9 engine oil pressure switch etc
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 May 2017 22:59:34 +0000
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• Re: junkyard alert
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Feb 1995 09:28:20 -0500
  ...seat of popout windows, guages, switches >n stuff. Those gauges wouldn't happen to include a oil pressure and temperature ...would they? --------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Williams...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Mon, 7 May 2007 10:09:11 -0700
  ...I believe that there is certainly a low oil pressure problem, as at 2600 or 2800 the pressure is not supposed to be around...
• Re: Oil Light Discovery-Fram Filters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:44:45 -0600
  ...Maybe this would be a better place to connect the >> aftermarket >> reomte oil pressure sending unit. Leave the stock low pressure >> sender(4.4...
• Re: Major oil leak ...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 22:51:15 -0500
  ...It is just too crowded there with the engine support, oil pressure switch, coolant pipe, intercooler, etc. Anyone had any experience like this? The...
• Re: Oil Pressure observation.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:36:28 -0700
  ...interstate/highway > |> sustained speeds...210f Oil temperature with oil pressure of > |65psi at > |> 3700rpm (60mph) With the other oil, I was seeing about 55psi...
• Re: oil spray on startup when very cold
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:12:40 -0800
  ...I got some help and what they found was a leaking oil pressure switch in the same general area. So look that one over...
• WBX oil pressure with/without cooler
  Historical mailing list - Paul Dunham
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:39:01 -0700
  ...I don't have an oil temperature gauge, but assume an inverse relationship between oil pressure and oil temperature. Anyway, cruising down the road...
• Oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Josh Poulson
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 16:48:16 PDT
  ...both of its oil pressure switches replaced as they both were sending erroneous signals and one was even leaking oil! $115 at the F...
• Re: Oil Light, '85
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:04:20 -0800
  ...Oil Light, '85 Of couse you can, pressure is pressure, the gauge and idiot light switch don't significantly alter it by their presence...
• Re: oil coolers, engine and trans
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:10:14 -0400
  ...oil line take off from the pump cover and you could have the return come in at the dynamic warning oil pressure switch position...
• ONE MORE TIME, was: Low Oil Pressure
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:21:48 -0400
  ...I've replaced the oil pressure switch and the wiring that connects it to the wiring harness. I've cleaned out my oil pressure...
• Re: Ethnicity of Oil Pressure Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 15:03:50 +0000
  Hi Dennis, The Bentley wiring diagrams show the '86 2.1L with the 0,9B and later 2.1Ls (e.g. '88). If the...
• Re: Vanagon Trivia - where does this go?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:32:30 -0700
  ...5, power steering pressure switch to idle speedup circuit. > > Yellow wire, oil pressure switch, higher pressure switch of 2 switches. > > > Mark > > > > Chris S wrote...
• Vanagon Stereo Override?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:13:07 -0800
  ...connect the coil of an 87- 87a relay to coolant and oil pressure warning systems and relay switch to stereo positive power. As a...
• Re: Oil Light
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:11:19 -0500
  ...I had problems with my > oil light/buzzer and it was the connection to the pressure switch at the > rear. > > Whee to go from...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Sat, 12 May 2007 13:55:27 -0700
  ...to the 0.9bar switch. >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Thomas >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Thomas: >>>> >>>> So it is unrelated to overheating. Have you checked your oil pressure >>>> >>> relieve valve? >>> >>>> If the...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light on-need help! (dealer cant fix it)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 09:13:49 -0700
  ...As a last resort temporarily exclude the VW measurement system by attaching a known good oil pressure guage and reading the values at 1200RPM...
• Re: 87 Vanagon fuse problem
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:11:29 -0800
  ...Wipers worked perfectly when I first tried the new >switch, but then went back to not working at all. My tach and oil pressure...
• Re: Spooked!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 08:47:13 -0500
  ...I hit the switch, the engine > started right up, oil pressure light went out. I noted no strange > sounds, and the oil pressure alarm...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:31:20 -0700
  ...of those too. > > oil pressure gauge some ........but you need a custom made pipe to access > the oil pressure switch location decently. > > I use...
• Oil pressure sander/switch #2 location
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:24:40 -0500
  Simple question, I done many repair-works-modification on my 2.1 engine but I never found the second oil sender (never really look...
• Re: Low Oil Pressure vs. Cooling System Efficiency (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 08:06:21 -0400
  ...fan switch with lower temperature models with no improvement. After replacing the radiator I was simply amazed with the increase in oil pressure. Thus...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - moritz schmid
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 06:30:30 -0400
  ...Depending on the oil pressure switch used the oil > > light flickering at low speed or idle is indication that the oil pressure > > has dropped...
• Re: Oil Pressure observation.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:29:26 -0400
  ...interstate/highway >> |> sustained speeds...210f Oil temperature with oil pressure of >> |65psi at >> |> 3700rpm (60mph) With the other oil, I was seeing about 55psi...
• Re: Oil Pressure Switch ....gone
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
  Sun, 1 Apr 2012 00:47:28 +0000
  ...Oil Pressure Switch ....gone To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM And if it's really nasty and you have a camper, you can pull the...
• oil leak source
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:26:20 -0500
  ...They did, and it's an oil pressure switch (whew!). Great news, they said part $18, labor $45 (something I think I'm willing...
• Re: 1.9l with 23psi @ 4000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:57:24 -0500
  ...So I've ordered parts to install an oil >pressure >> >>> gauge. >> >>> >> >>> I realize there's a lower >threshold (blue) .25 bar switch that VW...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:23:17 -0700
  ...Depending on the oil pressure switch used the > oil > > > light flickering at low speed or idle is indication that the oil > pressure > > > has dropped...
• Re: oil pressure switch 2 - HELP
  Historical mailing list - Paul Albert
  Wed, 5 May 1999 14:50:52 -0700
  ...tonya, When you change the oil filter, check and see if the nut that is on the big screw that the oil filter screws...
• Re: rebuilding a/c compressor??
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 20 May 2008 15:25:20 -0400
  ...oil quiets it down maybe add a bit more. In early Vanagons, VW satisfied the lack of a low pressure cut off switch by...
• Re: Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:44:35 -0700
  ...high voltage ignition voltage can jump to ground through an oil pressure switch wire. And that blows out the oil pressure switch. just from...