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• Re: 1986 dash/speedo/housing in a 1983?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 20:12:51 -0700
  ...The 2.1 engines have 2 oil pressure switches and a little circuit board in the speedo that monitors one or the other depending...
• Re: 2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:57:58 -0500
  That is the high pressure oil pressure sending switch used by the dynamic oil pressure sending system by the 86 and later Vanagons. With...
• Help needed with AIR-COOLED parts identification
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 May 2010 08:56:24 -0400
  ...The actual cable runs within it. >#3 -- Hmmm -- oil pressure sender? I'm confused a bit by the A/C(?) >stuff in there. Is...
• Re: Watch out Westy, there is a new kid in town! Oil pressure switches.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:59:03 -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...
• Re: Stopping the oil buzzer under the dash
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:47:31 -0700
  ...switch by the crankshaft pulley. > 'that wire grounded' is equivilant to 'enough oil pressure over 2,000 rpm' > ( or whatever the rpm threshold is...
• Re: Compression Question
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:03:43 -0400
  ...When I tried to push Castrol 20W50 past 4,000 miles, the dynamic oil pressure system would sound off after hard freeway runs. Lifter...
• Re: What's wrong with my 1.9 WBX engine?
  Historical mailing list - M. Jade
  Mon, 31 May 2010 19:45:31 -0700
  ...the oil pressure switch where you'd measure oil pressure is under that cover, between push rod tubes. Those lower tins can be hard...
• Oil Leak solved .9 bar pressure switch sender R&R oil on hatch for the archives
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:22:11 +0000
  ...did a thorough bottom half degreasing and pressure wash and figured it out, the freaking oil pressure sender behind the water pump was leaking...
• 83' Vanagon - Coolant Temp Sensor and O2 Sensor - Could These Effect Idle?
  Historical mailing list - The Hammad Family
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 07:37:46 -0400
  ...major role in the idle function? I also noticed the oil pressure switch is leaking pretty badly. Also, I did replace the plugs and...
• Re: .9 bar oil pressure sender replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Mar 2015 18:04:11 -0500
  ...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: Castrol or other for 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:52:50 -0500
  Have you positively taken care of the oil pressure-warning light/buzzer issues? If there is still a concern there the brand of oil...
• 91 Vanagon Carat with oil pressure anomoly for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jane Meggers
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:10:57 -0600
  ...The shop mentioned bleeding the valves, but I am concerned it is related to the oil pressure problem. I was on this list 3...
• My westy one year later (was oil pressure woes 2/01)
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 11:44:31 -0800
  ...I would just like to post a one year follow up to my long threads/stories about my oil pressure woes I was experiencing...
• Re: oil light - HELP!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 08:19:50 -0400
  ...Dim or flickering usually indicates a bad switch or a wire shorting to ground some where. Make sure that 1/2 quart of oil...
• Re: electric plug in engine block
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:00:54 -0700
  Sounds like you are referring to the oil pressure switch there, between the push rod tubes . that one ? Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Brush...
• Re: oil temperature sender placement.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Mar 2015 18:57:08 -0500
  ...www.glowshiftdirect.com/vehicle-specific-oil-filter-sender > > >> -ada > > >> pter.aspx > > >> > > >> Is replacing the grey hi pressure switch a better option than the > > >> filter...
• Re: how to change alternator belt?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:44:51 -0800
  ...that the breaking belt also removed the wire from the oil pressure switch located at the base of the crankshaft pulley. Angus Gordon Bainbridge...
• 84 Surgery Final Update
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 21:13:52 -0600
  ...1 Head Gasket Sealer 4 Spark Plugs (Bosch) 1 Oil switch pressure guage Oil and filter change cooling system flush ----------- Total = $384.22 Labor...
• Re: Best Oil Viscosity? Slow leaky Heads
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:19:34 -0500
  ...The 10w-30 will cause oil pressure problems during > extended highway travel. Better yet would be a synthetic such as Mobil > 15w-50. The...
• Re: Oil musings on a hot day....
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 21:26:40 -0600
  ...But > if you're dropping into the 60's, say, you may have starting > problems in the morning, and while your oil pressure will...
• Re: buzzing fuel pump question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:50:35 -0600
  David, there is a buzzer that sounds off when there is an oil pressure problem. I had it happen to me. In my case...
• Re: oil idiot lamp lights&buzzes
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:07:22 -0700
  ...Check the wire that goes to the oil pressure sensor located in the engine case near the bottom of the crankshaft pully. Usually when...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:59:19 -0500
  ...Grounds are clean Temp sensors and oil pressure sensors( new o2 sensor going in this weekend) entire ignition system is good (timing, coil, distributor...
• Re: How do you remove the &*$%# Rear Heater Cover...remove seat???
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:30:47 -0400
  ...This is probably the same thread as is used on the oil pressure switches? Would be a good spot to monitor coolant system pressure...
• Idling / Oil Pressure Warning Light -'88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - 406 Westy
  Tue, 6 Jul 2021 16:18:18 -0600
  ...The oil pressure warning light started blinking immediately after I restarted. I didn't want to push my luck, so I turned it off...
• Re: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:08:57 -0700
  ...The post '86 > systems, although they have a high pressure switch, are not *legal* to > convert either, in that the high pressure switch must...
• Engine tin that changes size
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 07:08:14 -0700
  ...that will let a oil pressure gauge get hooked up alongside the 1.9L's stock oil pressure switch. Drove around a few days...
• fuel lines & unstoppable fan
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Tue, 4 May 1999 17:16:10 -0400
  ...it to for oil changes started changing the lines (for free) with every oil change. Is it the compound, pressure, engine compartment environment? What...
• Re: low temp gauge reading need ideas...
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:38:28 -0600
  ...wonders of engineering in that motor! Perhaps try changing the oil pressure switches sometime. Actually, one CAN get the temp sender out pretty easily...
• Re: Oil Filter? Oil Flavor?
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:55:19 -0500
  ...The idea being that dirty oil is better than no oil. However, the other reason for the pressure by-pass is even more important...
• Re: Boston Bob's Big Valve Engine Report
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 10:15:51 -0500
  Frank, Are you sure your oil pressure gauge is accurate? I would be curious to know what pressure you will have when you switch...
• Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:12:06 -0500
  ...a tencentlife oil cooler . . . > > >>---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>...I might as well look into rigging an oil pressure gauge. Anyone...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:36:36 -0700
  ...q.com> wrote: > 24mm on steering wheel nut and on oil pressure switches. > > Karl Wolz > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: .9 bar oil pressure sender replacement
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 5 Mar 2015 18:47:51 -0500
  ...www.glowshiftdirect.com/vehicle-specific-oil-filter-sender-ada > > > >> pter.aspx > > > >> > > > >> Is replacing the grey hi pressure switch a better option than the > > > >> filter...
• 2.1 for sale
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Wed, 30 Oct 2002 03:45:55 +0000
  ...Water pump has about 30K on it.&nbsp;Runs very solid, and have had synthetic oil in it for most of its life. For...
• Re: Oil buzzer coming on?
  Historical mailing list - Hieu Q
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 01:21:42 -0700
  ...exit, > the oil sloshed to one > > side and you got a momentary loss of pressure? > > > > > > Ric > > This is a thought. I switched to 20W50...
• oil pressure gauge installation (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 13 Sep 1997 19:55:29 +0000
  A la Sean, I am also getting around to installing my dual sender and analog oil pressure gauge. For those that don't know...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:20:55 -0700
  ...very strange, we are stumped. > > What we have already tried: > Grounds are clean > Temp sensors and oil pressure sensors( new o2 sensor going in...
• Re: Switching a/c in 81 vanagon to r-134...how much compressor oil?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 16:04:58 -0500
  If you haven't installed a new drier / filter and evacuated the system; you need to do that. (most of the old oil will...
• Re: a/c - Sorry
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:13:55 -0700
  ...to be fitted with a high refrigerant pressure compressor cutout switch (the vanagon high refrigerant pressure switch - at least 1986-88 - turns on the...
• H2O heads completed!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 09:17:52 CST6CDT
  ...figure out a new oil buzzer problem i think is a result of a new, but maybe wrong, pressure switch i installed. y'all...
• My turn for the heads
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:58:40 -0500
  ...that did the heads, a full tune-up and checkout, oil pressure switchy replacements and soem other odds and ends for about $800. Now...
• Re: home engine repair happenings: final fixes and oil presssurelight woes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 10:56:05 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver - no oil pressure lights come on -- except when the water pump breaks and knocks the pressure switch wire off...
• Re: Is the clutch engaging? How do I check? (A/C)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:40:07 -0500
  ...If the pressure is low enough, the safety switch disables the compressor to prevent it from running without the proper oil circulation. Do you...
• Re: Oil leak...
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:32:10 -0800
  After another trip to the pressure washer, I think it appears to be the switch. The oil cooler doesn't appear to have any...
• Re: VDO Fuel Pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 01:27:50 -0500
  ...or rocker switches nearby, I was going to have the > > pressure gauge where I could read either oil or fuel pressure and then have...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll tell you BTW
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:31:29 -0800
  ...Watching cold oil pressure is sometimes more important > than hot oil pressure, especially if a relief valve fails. Here is a > weird one! Oil...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll tell you
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:14:55 -0500
  ...Watching cold oil pressure is sometimes more important than hot oil pressure, especially if a relief valve fails. Here is a weird one! Oil...
• Re: Oil light & buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 11:30:27 -0700
  Dollars to donuts you have the incorrect oil pressure sender for the >2000 RPM range. It's the one by the water pump and...
• Re: Our new 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia. Questions and concerns.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:42:06 -0700
  ...Congrats! Check wire at oil pressure switch and if possible, test the switch. While in there, check quality of boots on plugs, oil switch...
• Re: instrument cluster foil replacement
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:38:03 -0400
  ...The dynamic oil pressure warning > system is on their board so you remove the factory one and there is a > switch for it if...
• instrument illumination
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 12:33:38 -0500
  hey team, the pod between my tach and speedo (with the battery warning lights, oil pressure lights etc.) burnt out on my 85 westy...
• Continued: Plug fouling gas in oil problem....
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cady
  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:19:41 -0800
  ...Change the oil 3. Check the throttle switch Question: How much are these, and is there a way to check the one that is...
• Re: Trip Report (quick & dirty)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:04:15 -0700
  ...If put too much 5wt in there the oil pressure does go down to about 55 from almost 65, but the oil warning light...
• Re: TenCentLife TPS experience??
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 10:49:41 -0500
  Definitely straight forward kinda guy, i have purchases his oil cooler kit and it is of great quality and seriously improved my oil pressure...
• LED dash lights; bright oil idiot light
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Fri, 20 May 2005 12:06:51 -0400
  ...oil pressure wire coming into the dash cluster. I mounted the bulb assembly in an unused switch blank, just under the defrost switch. Very...
• Re: Power loss above 3000 rpms in 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:36:21 -0800
  ...the fuel pressure regulator. Which is also a source for this sort of problem, but not as likely. The throttle position switch should not...
• Re: Questions/Advice Needed 1980 VW Westphalia
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 18 May 2012 08:58:36 -0700
  ...Lugging also diminishes the oil pressure and it's flow rate. The amount of 'force' required to move the van, that remains equal no...
• Re: Mobil 1 Oil
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 15:33:31 -0500
  ...Oil pressure has > been > fine, around 40-50psi at speed. > tx, > bmc :) > "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...." > > > > From...
• rear heat in aircooleds./idea
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sun, 28 Sep 1997 15:23:35 -0700
  ...Run the pressure relief hose to a hole in the floor, just in case it overheats. Use antifreeze, not water! The engine oil, at...