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Oil pressue
Historical mailing list - Rosebud
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:35:19 -0400
Patrick - At the rear of your engine there is an oil sender that is probably too high in its display pressure. Replace it (per...
Installing Oil Temp and Pressure guages in an '81
Historical mailing list - J. Stutsman
Sun, 10 Mar 1996 12:32:14 -0800 (PST)
Hello Everyone, Just last week I bought an oil temp sender and an oil pressure sender from Rocky Mountain Motor Works. I removed the...
what size is the Oil Pressure Sender?
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Wed, 7 Nov 2001 12:26:40 -0800
What size socket is needed for the oil pressure sender? I have for a limited time a really good deal on some metric BIG...
Re: Oil Relief Plug
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:51:47 -0700
...I will ground the oil pressure sender and use teflon tape as well as bite the bullet and drain all the oil before tackling...
Re: Oil Relief Plug
Historical mailing list - Gene P
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:28:14 -0700
...As well I bought an oil pressure switch relocation kit from Mansispeed and have it hooked to an Intellitronix pressure sender and digital pressure...
Re: Oil gauge sender mounting questions for Air-Cooled engines
Historical mailing list - jimt
Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:29:46 -0600
...There are sellers for modified ones ready to take a VDO sender for temp. for pressure the best location is that oil pressure sender...
Re: Important - oil pressure query
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Thu, 4 Nov 1999 08:09:23 -0500
...the dynamic oil pressure system. The system apparently monitors the low > pressure sender below 2000 RPM and the high pressure sender above 2000 RPM...
Question about VDO oil pressure sender?
Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:59:54 -0500
...Does the "G" here stand for "Ground"? Should it be connected to the brown ground wire that went to the oil pressure sender? I...
Re: Broken Oil Pressure gauge/sender?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:45:57 -0700
I would start at the back of the oil pressure gauge. it's 3 wires, right ? 12 volts, usually 'key on' .. signal from sender...
Need to know thread size- oil pressure sender- H20 boxer
Historical mailing list
Wed, 21 Aug 1996 12:31:43 -0500
Could someone tell me the thread size of the oil pressure sender unit on a 1.9 H20 boxer ( 10M x 1k, or 12M...
Oil pressure sender, wiring info needed, your opinion.please
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:27:25 -0500
Regards Please take a look at a specific picture on my web site (in construction) http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/oil_pressure_sender_overview...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Wed, 6 Sep 2017 16:49:21 -0700
...Pics etc here > > https://shufti.blog/2012/07/05/vanagon-oil-pressure-sender-relocation/ > > Jeeze, been 5 years now, the set up works fine...
Re: Oil Press. Sender location(T4)
Historical mailing list - Aaron Sedgmen
Tue, 23 Apr 96 13:22:41 EST
...The threads on the sender are the same as the threads on > the stock oil pressure switch. The problem is that the sender is...
Re: Oil Light Question
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:10:15 -0500
90, 2.1L = 2 oil sender, low (below 2000rpm) and high (over 2000) pressure... sound like the low one is giving up, or the...
Re: '84 Vanagon 1.9 engine oil pressure switch etc. Now have voltage data on wire from oil pressure switch to instrument panel
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 28 May 2017 11:21:09 -0400
...and above, 0.01 volts oil pressure >> light flashing >> > > Ok, these are consistent with wrong sender. Oil pressure drops below 13 > psi at idle...
Re: VDO Fuel Pressure sender?
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:06:02 -0700
...net> wrote: > Can I use my spare VDO oil pressure sender as a fuel pressure sending > unit? I have used it for this purpose...
Re: VDO Oil Sender Setup
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:13:38 -0700
...scott turbovans On 5/16/2012 7:03 AM, Chris S wrote: > Here's a picture of my VDO oil pressure sender. It looks...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 6 Sep 2017 22:37:18 -0600
...Pics etc here > > https://shufti.blog/2012/07/05/vanagon-oil-pressure-sender-relocation/ > > Jeeze, been 5 years now, the set up works fine...
Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 07:15:12 -0400
...a VDO DUAL CONTACT Oil Pressure Sender and VDO oil > pressure gauge. On of the contacts on the dual sender is to be connected...
Re: what size is the Oil Pressure Sender?
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Wed, 7 Nov 2001 20:01:01 -0800
On 7 Nov 2001 at 12:26, Matthew Pollard wrote: > What size socket is needed for the oil pressure sender? > > I have for a...
Re: Euro-Elec: UPDATE 91 Volkswagen Vanagon, idiot lights, oil light
Historical mailing list
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 12:58:44 EST
...Your problem still sounds like the warning system to me instead of an actual oil pressure problem. The low pressure oil sender should not...
Re: Where to buy 0.25 bar oil pressure sender?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:02:48 -0400
...Where to buy 0.25 bar oil pressure sender? I've got the "oil light flicker at idle" problem and would like to try...
Oil Pressure Sender
Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
Mon, 25 May 1998 12:50:52 EDT
I am thinking about buying another oil pressure sender (the one that goes on the oil pump on the front of the motor) but...
Arguments against using VDO oil gauges only?
Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:58:15 -0400
...senders, or bad oil pressure. If I end up pursuing this course, does anyone know where to get a single VDO gauge sender- doesn...
Re: 91 instrument cluster, oil pressure led
Historical mailing list - Mike
Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:43:43 -0400
Most oil pressure senders are a normally-closed switch that puts the connector terminal to earth ground in the lack of rated pressure. When...
Oil Relief Plug
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:08:22 -0700
...As well I bought an oil pressure switch relocation kit from Mansispeed and have it hooked to an Intellitronix pressure sender and digital pressure...
Re: Question about VDO oil pressure sender?
Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:23:13 -0500
...On 7/30/07, Thomas Pfrommer <pfrommer@phas.ubc.ca> wrote: > Hi Anthony, > WK goes to the original oil pressure sender (0.3bar I...
Re: installing oil pressure gauge
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:08:24 -0700
...installing oil pressure gauge > > > > > Any advice on installing an oil pressure guage in my '89 westy? I got the > VDO gauge, sender, and extention...
Cell phone yakkers & oil sender solutions
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Sun, 6 Jan 2002 15:36:04 -0800
...Now about oil pressure senders. It seems several people advocate a Tee and using the original sender for the idiot light and a new...
RE: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long]
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Wed, 29 May 1996 17:34:19 -0700
...installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long] In a message dated 96-05-29 02:15:10 EDT, raven@halcyon.com (Mark McCulley...
High pressure oil sender part number?
Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 06:25:50 EST
Can anyone provide me with the part number for the high pressure oil sender used on the 2.1 enignes? Gary Gary McEachern, Reading...
Re: Broken Oil Pressure gauge/sender?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:41:25 -0400
...is my oil pressure gauges just pegs out max now. I'm not sure >how to trouble shoot if it's sender or gauge...
Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge
Historical mailing list - carboncow
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:36:26 -0500
...DM&FS At 10:59 AM 3/14/2006, jake beaulieu wrote: >Last week I proposed installing a VDO oil pressure sender in the...
Re: diesel oil pressure gauge
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 23:18:04 -0800
The VDO oil pressure gauge requires the use of a sender for that gauge. On the sender there is two terminals, one for the...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 7 Sep 2017 04:46:24 +0000
...Pics etc here > > https://shufti.blog/2012/07/05/vanagon-oil-pressure-sender-relocation/ > > Jeeze, been 5 years now, the set up works fine...
Re: fuel/oil sender hybrid?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 25 May 2003 22:25:55 -0700
...I'd say match it to the oil sender you are using and just install a toggle switch to select between the oil pressure...
Re: oil pressure: where?
Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:53:06 -0500
...BTW, I found that VDO makes a nice oil temp sender which fits perfectly in that second oil pressure location. It is the 300...
Re: Cold start oil pressure
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 12 May 2021 09:37:08 -0600
...I mean the problem of having an oil pressure sender on a tube. >>> >>> I’m not being coy, I mean it. Purely mechanical oil...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 6 Sep 2017 21:49:31 -0700
...Pics etc here >> >> https://shufti.blog/2012/07/05/vanagon-oil-pressure-sender-relocation/ >> >> Jeeze, been 5 years now, the set up works fine...
Re: Cold start oil pressure
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Tue, 11 May 2021 22:42:46 -0600
...ve had VDO oil pressure and temp gauges, senders on a sandwich adaptor at the oil filter. Start-up pressure has been just under...
Re: '84 Vanagon 1.9 engine oil pressure switch etc. Now have voltage data on wire from oil pressure switch to instrument panel
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Sun, 28 May 2017 12:48:36 -0400
...and above, 0.01 volts oil pressure >>> light flashing >>> >> >> Ok, these are consistent with wrong sender. Oil pressure drops below >> 13 >> psi at idle...
Re: TiiCo Gauges... A nice discovery
Historical mailing list - Sean B.
Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:42:31 -0800
Gary, I just installed senders and gauges for oil temp and oil pressure last week. I used VDO and was able to use their...
Re: Oil Pressure Light Flickering
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:24:28 -0500
...the oil sender is the correct one. Sometimes the wrong sender is installed. If so, it may indicate low pressure when the pressure is...
VDO dual pressure oil sender
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 25 Jun 2002 08:30:04 -0500
...sender. Don't expect these VDO gauges to be 100% accurate. I can get different readings on CHT, Oil Temp and Oil Pressure just...
Re: dead oil pressure light
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:11:34 -0700
...dead oil pressure light > 85 vanagon has no oil light at all even at key on. Would a bad sender > stop the light on...
Tiico Oil Cooler / Aftermarket oil pressure gauges
Historical mailing list - Phil S.
Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:49:47 -0700
...I have found electric oil pressure gauge but NO metric threaded sensors/senders. the sender on one brand has 1/8" tapered pipe threads...
Where to buy 0.25 bar oil pressure sender?
Historical mailing list - Mike D.
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:27:54 -0700
I've got the "oil light flicker at idle" problem and would like to try the 0.25 bar pressure sender, but I can...
Re: oil pressure sender thread size.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 3 Nov 2001 22:59:47 -0500
...oil pressure sender thread size. Hello folks, To install my oil pressure guage, I need the little hose adapter that allows the sender to...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Tue, 5 Sep 2017 17:10:37 -0700
...Isn't pressure at the filter different from pressure at the engine? Also, that sandwich, added to the factory oil cooler, plus in my...
Re: oil pressure sender thread size.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 3 Nov 2001 22:58:59 -0500
...oil pressure sender thread size. Hello folks, To install my oil pressure guage, I need the little hose adapter that allows the sender to...
Re: oil pressure/temp sensor location
Historical mailing list
Fri, 2 Aug 1996 20:21:49 -0400
...I have a couple of questions that I hope someone can help me out with: >> I repalce the pressure sender switch between the pushrods...
resolved, was: oil pressure warning system anomaly?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 3 Dec 2010 17:23:24 -0800
The odd oil pressure led behavior became normal after I replaced the small circuit board for the dynamic oil pressure warning system. Referred to...
Oil Press. Sender location(T4)
Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
Sun, 21 Apr 1996 12:33:33 +0000
To the list, I have a 1.7 liter engine that I am trying to mount an oil pressure sender on. The threads on...
Re: installing oil pressure gauge
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:26:48 -0400
...installing oil pressure gauge Any advice on installing an oil pressure guage in my '89 westy? I got the VDO gauge, sender, and extention...
Re: VDO Guages not working
Historical mailing list - David Etter
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 14:07:38 -0300
...oil pressure gauge reading off the scale.... Try grounding the gauge wire (near the sender) while the engine is running (or ign on) and...
Re: VDO Oil Sender Setup
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:39:46 -0400
...If you're >> thinking that the purpose of the dual-pole sender is to provide both a >> signal to an oil pressure gauge and...
Oil pressure problems again...
Historical mailing list - d t
Sun, 18 Jul 1999 18:46:06 MDT
...I've changed both oil pressure sender units and checked the oil pressure at a VW garage, to no avail. Does anyone have schematics...
RE: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long]
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Wed, 29 May 1996 07:57:44 -0700
...installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long] > This past weekend I purchased VDO gauges and senders to monitor the > oil pressure and temperature...
fuel/oil sender hybrid?
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Sun, 25 May 2003 19:48:40 -0700
...of an oil pressure guage mounted on the dash by hooking up a fuel pressure sender somewhere between the fuel pressure regulator and the...
Fwd: RE: VDO Oil Pressure sender specs
Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
Fri, 23 Mar 2001 21:29:10 -0800
...Oil Pressure sender specs > >I have a 84 VW vanagon with an oil pressure gauge (after-market) and dual > >sending unit. The sender has...