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• VDO Oil Sender Setup
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 16 May 2012 10:03:40 -0400
  Here's a picture of my VDO oil pressure sender. It looks moist but doesn't actually drip. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7...
• Re: Fuel Tank Sender Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 21:36:20 -0700
  ...Fuel Tank Sender Replacement I'll pass on this to the list for future reference. On installing the sender - I tried using graphite on...
• Re: VDO Guages not working
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sat, 6 Oct 2007 12:07:25 -0400
  ...You can test to make sure the sender is working by hooking it up to a volt meter and then holding the sender ring...
• VDO Coolant Gauge Sender Mystery "partially" solved....but need install ideas.
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:56:22 -0700
  ...Earlier I posted the problem of using a VDO "T fitting" to keep the original Coolant temp sender/gauge as well as install a...
• Syncro fuel sender ground fix
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 11 Jun 2024 08:36:29 -0700
  A month or so ago I fixed my erratic fuel gauge by adding another ground at the sender. Tom ( Sodo on the samba) outlined...
• Fuel Gauge Sender Question
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 15:17:30 -0400
  Does anyone know if the sender for a fuel gauge is the same for a Syncro as it is for a non-syncro? My...
• Oil senders
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 09:31 -0600 (MDT)
  Karl- The low(er) pressure sender operates in a manner most resemblingthe one we are all familiar with from our air cooled days. It...
• 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 temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 14 Jan 2017 06:44:13 -0800
  ...I'm considering moving my oil temp sender from the oil drain >> to >> >> > that location. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Does anyone know of the sender p/n or...
• Re: Oilpressure LEDs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 May 2000 18:32:43 -0400
  ...At < 2000 rpm, the controlling signal is the low-pressure sender, and the light is lit (maybe blinking?) when the sender is closed. At...
• Re: Wiring/testing of VDO oil pressure gauge (dual sender)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 22:35:26 -0700
  On Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at 02:57 PM, kdlewis@juno.com wrote: > Tobin; > Did you remove the wire from the sender or the...
• Fuel Guage sender replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 13:35:29 -0500
  Hi, I have an 86 Syncro GL with a problem with the fuel guage, which my mechanic says is a bad sender. Has anyone...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 12 Aug 2018 08:52:02 -0700
  ...sorry *- there's signal from the sender to the gauge, the gauge reacts when I ground the wire, but some how the gauge did...
• Re: Fuel gauge error, any fix?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:22:59 -0400
  I have a syncro sender. I will check when I get home. Sent from my iPad On Jun 19, 2012, at 12:39 PM...
• Fuel Tank Sender Replacement
  Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 23:10:45 +0000
  Looking for advice on replacing a fuel tank sender. I dropped the tank and removed the original metal sender. However, when installing the new...
• Re: Fuel tank gauge sender
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:58:39 -0500
  > Does anyone know the difference between the 1980 to Early 1987 fuel tank > gauge sender 251-919-051E and the Late 1987 to 1991...
• Re: Oil Temp Sender and Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:29:50 -0700
  ...Oil Temp Sender and Gauge >> >> I think I might have an answer - I will try grounding the sender on the >> body of the sender...
• Matching Gauges and Senders (was: Gauge Mounting Options)
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:51:10 -0400
  ...Using the existing oil pressure senders as an example, is it possible to use them and connect a gauge along with the existing indicator...
• Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:43:19 -0700
  ...It seems that the .5 Bar sender would cause the idiot light (& buzzer) to come on sooner (around 7psi) than the stock .3 Bar...
• Re: Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 29 May 2008 15:26:51 -0400
  ...where to find a hall effect sender: without my Bentley close to hand, I seem to recall that the distributor on post-86 buses...
• Re: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long]
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 16:31:53 -0400
  ...The sender screwed in nicely by hand but....... <more snip> Doesn't the sender hang down below the bottom of the engine making is...
• Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:41:32 -0700
  The .5 BAR sender will make the buzzer come on earlier as it is a warning of too low of oil pressure. .5 BAR...
• Re: Changing temp 1 sensor on '87
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:51:24 -0400
  ...Put a sealer commpound on the threads and screw in sender.Coolant will come out when you removed the sender, so be ready with...
• Re: Fuel gauge sender on 60's split
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 23:17:24 -0500
  ...Lo and behold, was I surprised (not >really) to find there was no wire heading from the sender to the gauge! There >is just...
• Re: 2.1L Engine: Oil Pressure Senders faulty reading
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:42:08 -0500
  ...One of them is the reversed senders. The other is two of the upper senders were used. Assuming the circuit was the same as...
• Re: Fuel gauge sender on 60's split
  Historical mailing list
  29 Mar 96 24:19
  ...There only appears to be one connection to the >sender. Should I disconnect the ground and attach the gauge wire? Or >is a ground...
• Oil Pressure Test Results
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 22:09:33 EDT
  ...Are these the numbers I should be getting? I also got two of my pressure senders today from my local foreign FLAPS. Both senders...
• Re: oil pressure gauge sender
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 15:17:37 -0400
  > My question is, is the 12" extention tube that VDO offers enough to get the > sender out of harms way? I am thinking of...
• oil press. sender relocation
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Jul 2012 14:12:49 -0700
  Had a go at making my version of a relocation "manifold" for low/high and gauge oil pressure senders (for WB). An evening of...
• Re: Hall sender Install
  Historical mailing list - Don Preston
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 15:08:45 -0800
  ...Hall sender Install Jan 3, 2001 12:04 PM PST Hello All, Thinking about installing a new Hall sender for my hiccups/hesitation problem...
• Re: VDO oil sender with untapered threads?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 20:13:09 -0500
  ...Thursday, December 08, 2011 6:52 PM Subject: [VANAGON] VDO oil sender with untapered threads? >I ordered an M10 threaded VDO oil sender, and...
• Fuel gauge error, any fix?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:39:00 -0700
  ...Now I'm replacing the tank and have the sender out, and sure enough, when the fuel sender arm is up to the top...
• Re: pressure sender hi/lo
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 11:39:50 -0600
  ...The oil temp sender looks like a water temp sender (same small size) and is connected to the gauge in a similar manner. I...
• Re: Syncro fuel sender ground fix
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 12 Jun 2024 08:22:42 -0700
  Yup > On Jun 12, 2024, at 7:53 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > > As an alert at some pint that sender plate...
• Re: thermostat housings now being made
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:24:01 -0800
  ...Look at your wiring for the temp gauge sender to see if it is spliced near the sender. The 2.1 2wd has 2...
• Re: what did i do? tempII sender
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:30:41 -0500
  Jason, the temperature gauge on the dash is not connected to the Temp II sender. It has its own single post temp sender located...
• Re: how to attach VDO water temp?
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:57:30 -0400
  are you talking oil or water for the sender on the 2.1L? I know many have done the duel on oil pressure, but...
• Where is Coolant Temperature Sender?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 14:04:58 -0400
  ...I've checked my Bentley but can't find where on our '86 Syncro Westfalia the sender unit is located. Would someone please help...
• Wiring/testing of VDO oil pressure gauge (dual sender)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:24:22 -0700
  ...I have a 0-80 lb VDO gauge and a matching sender. Both bought new. The sender is the dual-terminal variety which allows...
• Re: VDO sump plug sender
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 11:23:58 -0500
  VDO does make an oil temp sender that replaces the oil drain plug on the Vanagon engine. I believe it's the same as...
• Re: Adding oil pressure and temp gauges?
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:16:56 -0300
  ...Now! There is already one pressure sender installed in the Head. Remove that and install your new "Dual Contact" pressure sender. Everything is M10...
• Re: Another VDO Gauge question: Oil Temp Sender doesn't fit in Drain hole?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:00:52 -0600
  [...] VDO used to make a sender that went in the oil drain hole. I am currently using one myself on my vanagon..VDO also...
• Re: Fuel leaking from Sender Unit on Replacement Fuel Tank
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 19 Oct 2016 19:08:52 +0000
  Yes, the VDO sender unit was supplied with a new o-ring. From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent...
• Re: oil temp sender success!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jul 1996 23:13:43 -0400
  Sean - Be sure when using those O-Rings that you DO NOT insulate the sender from the plate. Why? Because the plate is the...
• VDO gage
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sun, 22 May 2005 13:37:40 -0700
  I installed my old oil pressure sender and gage in diffrent Vanagon and now something strange is going on.Had gage wired up like...
• Re: oil light question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 12:57:49 -0500
  ...With the engine off, side sender should be grounded and after sender should be open. With the senders unplugged I believe you should see...
• 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long]
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 28 May 1996 23:13:10 -0700
  This past weekend I purchased VDO gauges and senders to monitor the oil pressure and temperature on my '87 Vanagon syncro Westfalia. I'm...
• Re: TiiCo Gauges... A nice discovery
  Historical mailing list - Wayne Hagan
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 15:58:36 -0800
  FWIW my '88 1.8 Jetta has oil pressure senders on the cam and the oil filter and some circuitry involved translates it into...
• Re: 87 syncro water temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:23:47 -0400
  ...The Temperature Sender to the Gauge has 2 wires (Yellow/Red, Brown) with two terminals and the Temp II Sender has 3 wires (2...
• Re: 91 instrument cluster, oil pressure led
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 03:28:40 -0800
  Yes, with the key on there should be a voltage on the wire to the sender. Also a voltage on the wire to the...
• Re: Vanagon gauge update
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jun 1995 16:42:20 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Did you by any chance use teflon tape when installing the sender? If this is the case, then your sender is not correctly grounded...
• Re: WARNING !! Re: Substitute Fuel Pump #
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:30:18 -0500
  It's called a sealed sender. No air, no exposed sparks, no air. No Sha Boom, Sha Boom. Fuel level arms, sender's have...
• Re: Fuel leaking from Sender Unit on Replacement Fuel Tank
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 19 Oct 2016 12:19:58 -0700
  ...Fuel leaking from Sender Unit on Replacement Fuel Tank Yes, the VDO sender unit was supplied with a new o-ring. _____ From: Stuart MacMillan...
• Re: oil temperature sender.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:45:15 -0500
  ...oil temperature sender. > How is everyone mounting the VDO remote oil temperate sender on WBX > engines? The threads look very similar to the drain...
• 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: No gas? No gauge.
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:05:16 -0400
  Hi Kim, When this happenened on my old Syncro, it was the ground leg on the back-plate of the sender (inside the tank...
• Re: Where can this wire be found?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 27 May 2011 00:04:49 -0400
  ...The 1.9l has a 0.3 bar sender, normally closed. The 2.1l has ditto, plus a 0.9 bar sender, normally open...
• Re: Oil temp gauges, choices? Using water temp sender + gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:28:37 -0500
  ---- David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > If you take > a gauge and sender out of the same vehicle at the wrecker's yard they...
• 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...
• fuel tank sender same on 83.5 as 85 and later?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 22 May 2000 00:05:31 EDT
  ...The sender Part # 251 919 051E So it seems changing the sender is not necessary. Anyone know about this one? And since RMMW lists...