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Re: making a Tach?
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:55:14 -0500
...to start this dreaming again but I was wondering if oil pressure, oil > temp, water temp, and head temp readings could also be monitored...
Re: Adding oil pressure and temp gauges?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:59:26 -0700
...I have a 1.6 TD diesel and use the second Oil Pressure > sender as a switch to close the circuit on a relay...
Re: permanent fuel pressure gauge
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:58:05 -0500
...The only other addition would be a switch to toggle between the fuel pressure and oil pressure senders. For those of us who already...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Mon, 28 Dec 2015 19:59:39 -0600
Did you over tighten the filter and damage the threads? I'm an old airhead guy and those engines have a oil pressure relief...
Re: junkyard alert
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Mon, 13 Feb 1995 08:48:12 -0800 (PST)
...seat of popout windows, guages, switches >>n stuff. > > >Those gauges wouldn't happen to include a oil pressure and temperature >..would they? Sorry, just...
Oil Pressure Light went On...Abort Trip?
Historical mailing list - James Benthall
Fri, 20 May 2005 21:50:26 EDT
...All seems fine, so we put in new oil pressure switch to be safe. Been all this time and no problems. Questions: How do...
Re: Spooked!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 3 Jun 2011 20:05:09 -0700
...I hit the switch, the engine >> started right up, oil pressure light went out. I noted no strange >> sounds, and the oil pressure alarm...
Shiften again & Oil light a buzzing!
Historical mailing list
Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:24:09 -0700
...you know if there are oil pressure guages that might fit, say down near the diff. lock switch? Thanks again & in advance....Rob 87...
Re: oil leak
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:56:25 CDT
having gone through this with my 88 recently, i'd suggest that it is most likely the $15 high pressure oil switch. it's...
Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 3 Dec 2010 00:38:33 -0500
...Sufficient oil pressure to close the .8 bar switch or cycling the ignition key is the way to silence it. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
Re: Vanagon Ownership Misadventures
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:34:58 -0400
...I told him what happened and he > immediately reached dowm and felt for the oil pressure switch wire, found > it disconnected from the switch...
Re: Cold Start problems: Pressure regulator?
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Wed, 9 Dec 1998 06:41:48 EST
...I used the small flexible hose used to hook up oil pressure gauges. The first gauge I installed failed due to the rapid,minute...
Re: Oil Leak
Historical mailing list - Adam Crawford Webb
Sat, 1 Jun 1996 23:10:00 -0700 (PDT)
...Other people on the list have told me that it could be coming from the oil pressure switch, but I haven't checked that...
oil buzzer buzzing all the time
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:35:07 -0500
...We figured it's something about the oil pressure switch or associated wires - he's going to do some searching and get back to...
Re: '91 Carat AC - again!
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:12:31 +0000
Some aftermarket Trinary switches also contain a high pressure blowout plug. Basically a lead filled orifice that is the final fail-safe in the...
Re: Oil Pressure Light went On...Abort Trip?
Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
Sat, 21 May 2005 14:55:17 -0400
...All seems fine, so we > put in new oil pressure switch to be safe. Been all this time and no > problems. > Questions: > How do...
Tiico-After market water temp gauge/oil temp gauge question.......
Historical mailing list - Phil S.
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:03:19 -0700
...switch/thermostat, as you know i might have created another problem....running oil temperatures. Someone said it is important to get the engine oil...
Re: D.I.Y. R-134 Kit AC Recharge advice
Historical mailing list - David Del Ben
Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:40:26 +1100
...The Low Pressure switch protects the compressor against loss of refrigeant charge & (hence loss of oil circulation). We all know what that means!! Also...
91; auto trans and AC
Historical mailing list - Eric Baden
Tue, 21 May 1996 21:21:03 -0400 (EDT)
...on - there is some freon in the system - is there a pressure switch, and/or is it so that this AC set-up is...
Mystery oil&gas leak
Historical mailing list - Flat Four
Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:23:23 -0400
...So my guess is the pushrod tubes, can't be around the oil pressure switch because I already fixed that. It seems to loose...
Re: Cold starting oil report Mobil 1 15w-50
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:03:34 -0500
...The factory oil pressure relief valve is typically set to limit oil pressure to about 60 psi. With very thick oil and high enough...
Re: Dim Oil LIght, Ign. On Engine Off
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:53:23 -0400
...Dim Oil LIght, Ign. On Engine Off Thanks much. Ground to cluster ok. Connected low pressure oil switch wire directly to frame, oil light...
Re: Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter, now what?
Historical mailing list - John
Tue, 25 Jul 2000 22:18:07 -0400
...oil filter, now what? > Dan Before changing sensors or oil viscosity & spending money, shouldn't the actual oil pressure be checked? Also switch signals...
Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:49:33 -0700
...a little pipe set up that has a fitting to scew into the block between the pusrod tubes where the stock oil press switch...
Re: temperature-oil pressure (rather long)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:41:01 -0400
Failing to develop oil pressure on a cold engine indicates a clogged inlet filter screen. Unfortunately in the Water Boxer there is no way...
Re: OIL PRESSURE LIGHT
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:10:06 -1000
...these days on any waterboxer engine I build, it's standard now to install this fitting and pipe, so my oil pressure switch or...
temperature-oil pressure (rather long)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 8 Aug 2009 22:33:30 -0400
My '91 Vanagon GL Campmobile 2.1 VW engine shows evidence of oil pressure drop at running temperature -- but I'm not sure it...
5 Speed update and Re: Re: shifting from 1 to 2- reply
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Mon, 8 Mar 1999 03:58:20 PST
...They might just need to switch oil. Robert _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:57:20 -0500
...Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation > > OlRivrRat, thanks for the information. I do switch to the 40W for the hottest three months...
Re: 2.1L Engine: Oil Pressure Senders faulty reading
Historical mailing list - jimt
Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:25:54 -0700
...my mechanic, I suggested that either he had (a) switched > the high and low pressure senders, (b) installed two of the same type, > or...
Re: oil pressure -- next round
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 17 May 2007 10:24:37 -0400
...It may delay the reading but the final pressure reading is good. Scratches in the oil cover is common. Dirt. Was it a new...
Re: oil pump change in the van??
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:14:44 -0500
Low oil pressure is rarely due to a worn pump. Think about it. The pump does nothing but pump oil Only wear point is...
Re: Watch out Westy, there is a new kid in town!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:14:52 -0400
...On > > a more Vanagon related note I recently wrote, erroneously, about an > > oil pressure switch issue. It was regarding a 1.9L and now...
Ideal oil filter by-pass pressure/oil filters
Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
Mon, 8 Sep 2008 18:07:58 -0400
I'm trying to educate myself a little more about oil pressure, especially as it applies to oil filters and by-pass valves in...
Re: Oil light buzzer/archives
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:23:10 -0500
Assuming you have the proper high pressure oil switch installed (.8 bar), the symptoms you describe indicate a true oil pressure problem is developing...
Re: Oil Pressure Buzzer? After Tach Wiring.
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Mon, 16 May 2005 17:33:17 -0700
...Perhaps of interest to some, while we're on this topic, is that the late style 2 sensor "dynamic" oil pressure system (the L...
Re: Oil Pressure
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Thu, 23 May 2002 09:57:32 -0400
...You may check that you have the right oil pressure sender, there are a myriad of them, all fit the same hole, and look...
Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:16:46 -0700
...oil pressure gauge some ........but you need a custom made pipe to access the oil pressure switch location decently. I use a timing light...
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:20:35 -0600
...What is too much oil > pressure in a waterboxer? Is it 65 psi, 70 psi? > > On startup, cold, 20W50 Castrol (I hate the company...
Re: Update and question inline VW Van block swap (in progress)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:21:22 -0700
...Don't mess with that OP switch. It doesn not supply ground when there is no oil pressure, like you want. what you would...
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:27:16 -0700
...but your cold 2,000 rpm oil pressure sounds fine to me. If there was no gauge ...you wouldn't have any idea anyway...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 28 Dec 2015 18:25:44 -0800
...That high oil pressure was gonna blow out something, I'm just glad that it was a $6 oil filter. Otherwise, $75 for the...
Re: Oil Cooler Upgrade I did...
Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
Tue, 4 May 1999 15:53:42 -0400
...I am measuring the temperature in the oil galley near the oil filter using a VDO sensor in the second oil pressure switch location...
Re: Vanagon Ownership Misadventures
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:27:07 -0400
...I told him what happened and he immediately reached dowm and felt for the oil pressure switch wire, found it disconnected from the switch...
# tachometer ideas
Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
Wed, 26 Dec 2001 02:52:16 -0800
...insert a switch in series with the high (0.9 bar) oil pressure switch. Disconnecting it over 2K rpm (with the switch) would sound...
Re: .9 bar oil pressure sender replacement
Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
Thu, 5 Mar 2015 11:59:00 -0600
...http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/vehicle-specific-oil-filter-sender-adapter.aspx Is replacing the grey hi pressure switch a better option than the filter...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off
Historical mailing list - Jason
Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:25:15 -0500
...That high oil pressure was gonna blow out > something, I'm just glad that it was a $6 oil filter. Otherwise, $75 for > the...
Re: VDO Gauge Mounting
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 23 May 2001 21:14:08 -0700
...I have Oil Temp and Volts. I will be switching to Oil Pressure and Volts in the near future as the coolant gauge is...
Re: Help on buying '87 Westy
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, SMUS Network Analyst
Wed, 20 Dec 1995 16:05:21 PDT
...might also be the brand/weight of oil ... if the oil is too > thin, like a 10W50, it could cause pressure problems, too. > You...
Re: DOn't use SM rated oils Re: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:09:37 -0700
...If the shop tests it and tell me the oil pressure is good and they put a new switch and the light still flickers...
Re: oil pressure light
Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
Sun, 29 Apr 2001 15:54:35 -0700
...What's the mileage on the engine? If you don't know already, if it's internal engine/ real oil pressure problem, there's...
Re: weird para-normal
Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
Tue, 25 May 2004 09:17:12 -0700
...can you have 2 oil > pressre switchs > go bad at once? anyway seems i have a high and low switch, thanks Ben your > website...
Re: oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
Sun, 6 May 2007 11:40:27 -0700
...Great! We brought it back into >>>> the car, fired it up and it ran right away!! >>>> Now first we experienced low oil pressure if...
Re: disabling the damn oil buzzer
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 4 Apr 2006 10:04:22 -0700
...the low pressure switch will be monitored. The bent over pin is the one that carries the tach signal to the oil warning circuit...
Re: Cold starting oil report Mobil 1 15w-50
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 27 Jan 2016 08:48:28 -0800
...The factory oil pressure relief valve is typically set to limit oil pressure to about 60 psi. With very thick oil and high enough...
Re: Oil leak...
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:42:37 -0600
...more likely. > http://www.benplace.com/oil_pressure_sender_overview_location.htm > > Does the oil pressure switch ever tend to leak? > > > > On Jan 25...
Help: Mitsibushi (No VW Content)
Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
Sun, 16 Jun 2002 21:08:55 -0500
...I changed the oil and filter. As I'm adding oil, I changed the AC ports to switch to R134a. I added 12 oz...
followup to post regarding oil pressure false alarms
Historical mailing list - d t
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 19:47:20 MDT
...low pressure (0.3 bar) sender is functioning properly (short to ground with ignition switched on but motor not running and oil LED blinking...
Re: 91 vannie oil lite and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:46:38 +0000
...still have an oil lite working from the other switch. later mark d > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e...
Oil musings on a hot day....
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:09:13 -0600
...the oil pressure light/buzzer when the engine is at its hottest. I am currently running Castro 20W50 non-synthetic and Mann oil filter...