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• Gauges & sendinig unit installation
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 4 Jan 2001 12:02:26 -0500
  ...The oil pressure switch/ gauge sender issue is easily resolved with Home Depot materials. You are right that the placement of the oil temp...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:36:32 -0600
  ...http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/MaxTow-Oil-Pressure-Gauges.aspx?sitelink=LeftNav http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/MaxTow-Oil-Temperature-Gauges.aspx?sitelink=LeftNav & if You...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 08:22:00 -0700
  ...On my oil cooler/filter mount, there was/is a predrilled port for mounting > another oil pressure sender or temperature sender. I have been...
• Re: 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:48:25 -0500
  Scott, the sender that feeds my VDO oil pressure gauge also feeds the dynamic oil pressure monitoring lamp. I have two senders, one for...
• no oil pressure, new engine, need help!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Hecht
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:37:58 -0500
  ...On the bottom fitting, facing sideways, is the regular oil pressure sender, brass bolt, plastic cone, one spade connector. Above that, sticking out of...
• Fw: Reduced oil temperatures..
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 16:08:39 +0100
  ...Since > > > > I am using an oversized oil drain plug I had to locate the temp > > > sender > > > > elsewhere. I ended up removing the oil filler...
• 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...
• 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...
• Ticked Off at oil filter adaptors
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:22:08 -0600
  ...If one is simple adding pressure or temperature senders then I don't mind, but if innocent people are adding oil coolers as the...
• Re: Water Temp sender location
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:39:56 -0400
  ...The original gauge sender location is where the coolant exits the engine. Yes the oil will get hotter than the return coolant temperature. The...
• Re: Main Engine Bearings
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 4 May 2002 22:54:03 -0400
  Don't rule out the possibility of a slightly out of spec sender. The oil pressure sender in my '89 tended to set the...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 7 May 2007 08:07:18 -0700
  ...The engine just sounds great! One thing is after > replacing the temperature sender, the water temperature rises until > almost above the location of the...
• Re: VDO sump plug sender
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:58:58 -0700
  ...So Ron, I have an 81 Air Cooled 2.0l and want to monitor the oil temperature because I will be towing a small...
• Re: Oil Pressure Test Results
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:19:21 -0400
  ...You still would get a red >light from the other sender if your oil pressure was truely low (like all the >other VW before...
• Re: gauge questions. What should they read, and why doesn't one work?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 12 Nov 2001 22:05:00 -0600
  ...Don't be surprised to find that it often takes twenty minutes for the oil temperature gauge to start functioning and the same time...
• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 22:22:35 -0600
  ...temperature operation the oil temperatures about balanced within ten degrees but after a forty five minute (from cold) town run the sump plate sender...
• Re: Oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:37:42 -0800
  I think it is a good idea to also know your oil temperature, so I have an oil temp. gauge, too.. I find the...
• 77 Engine Wiring Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 18:08:03 -0700
  ...Does this attach to the coil, or the oil pressure sender? If not the oil sender, which wire connects to the sender? 3.The...
• Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge - Source!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:47:09 -0800
  > As to your temperature gauge statement, my experience with the sender > types I described stands. > Indeed, I defer to your greater degree of experience...
• Re: '66 bus w/ flickering oil light
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Apr 1994 15:04:30 -0400
  ...is obtain an oil pressure gauge and confirm that you have an oil pressure problem, not an oil light/sender/wiring problem. The 'default...
• 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...
• Re: Revised dash layouts, incorporating a GTI gauge cluster
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:49:26 -0700
  ...Oil temp or Coolant temp are another issue.��THere is not a simple sender to jam into the oil drain plug for the temperature...
• Re: 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 8 Oct 2023 17:54:02 -0700
  ...I monitor oil temperature and pull over before oil temp gets to 250F. This occurs before engine overheats enough to trigger flashing coolant light...
• 2.1L Engine: Oil Pressure Senders faulty reading
  Historical mailing list - Detroit Bus
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:59:00 -0500
  ...the dash replaced to get the oil pressure light and temperature gauge back in working condition (the oil pressure light/buzzer was constantly on...
• Re: EXPERTISE NEEDED! oil pressure woes con't. part 4
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 08:56:26 EST
  ...Then, the oil pressure at various engine speeds and temperatures can be read with some level of confidence. Should you have to buy a...
• Re: home engine repair happenings: final fixes and oil presssurelight woes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 10:56:05 -0600
  ...I wanted to > >install the VDO Dual Sender in the spot next to the oil filter, but I have > >the dual cast-iron pulley...
• Re: Oil Temp Sender and Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:03:38 -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...
• Re: 20 psi oil pressure on freeway. Worry?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:20:20 -0500
  ...3) At full operating temperatures at idle it shouldn't be doing anything but staying stationary and passing oil to all of your bearings...
• 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: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:31:21 -0700
  ...Make sure the gauge matches up with the sender. �Some like to have an oil temperature gauge with them. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2...
• Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 15:27:13 -0700
  ...Make sure the >>>gauge >>>matches up with the sender. Some like to have an oil temperature gauge >>>with them. >>> >>>mcneely >>> >>>> >>>>1.9L AT. >>>>-- >>>>Rocky...
• Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:26:39 -0600
  ...hook up to the oil temp sender. So the controller might be nothing more complicated than an oil temperature gauge that switches the step...
• Re: external temperature guage
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:24:28 -0700
  Oil? Coolant? Mine are VDO. Got them from Mckenzies.com and when ordering I just told them which gauges I wanted, what the application...
• Re: Sensors for accessory gauges
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:28:47 -0700
  ...knowing where they > installed > > > the temperature sensor > > > for the gauge. > > > > > > Also, are there other places to place an oil > temp > > > sensor if you do...
• adding guages to Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 22:19:19 EDT
  ...As far as senders, I'm guessing VDO makes a dual sender that screws into the oil pressure idiot light sender socket on the...
• oil temp up
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 21:53:03 -0500 (CDT)
  ...unusually high oil temp reading of 285F. From a previous experiment with boiling water, I know that the gauge w/ dipstick sender reads about...
• Custom-made sump plate for '72 - '83 engines, threaded for VDO oil temp sender
  Historical mailing list - R.D. Robertson
  Tue, 05 Nov 1996 16:43:51 -0600
  ...Danny volunteered to make a billet aluminum sump plate with a threaded hole to accomodate the VDO oil sump temperature sender for me. It...
• Re: oil pan bolt(threaded insert)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 06:14:25 -0400
  John; Where did you get the insert? I need one so I can use the remote oil sump temperature sender. Good Luck and Drive...
• Re: oil temperature sender placement.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Mar 2015 18:57:08 -0500
  ...Re: .9 bar oil pressure sender replacement Dennis, I'm thinking that method would not work for oil temperature though right? I assume temperature...
• Re: oil pressure question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Sep 1994 10:13:31 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Oil pressure stayed above 40 psi and head temperature was 350 or less. However oil temp must have been sky high (as David said...
• Re: Revised dash layouts, incorporating a GTI gauge cluster
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:08:05 -0400
  ...Oil temp or Coolant temp are another > issue.  THere is not a simple sender to jam into the oil drain plug > for the temperature...
• Re: Opinions sought on max oil temp
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:58:23 -0600
  ...what folks >>would consider a max oil temperature in an air cooled engine John: I have the sender installed in my '81 Vanagon, but...
• 82 Diesel coolant temp sender location
  Historical mailing list - Pete Geisen
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:12:38 -0400
  ...the coolant temperature gauge sender; blue arrow to the oil pressure switch; and green arrow to the glow plug relay sender. There is no...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 5 Sep 2017 15:37:59 -0600
  ...SendingUnits easier ~ http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/oilfilter-sender-adapter-3-4unf-16.aspx http://prosportgauges.com/oil-filter-adaptor-plate.aspx Gauges http://www...
• Re: WBX oil pressure with/without cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:57:53 -0400
  ...I don't have an oil temperature gauge, but assume an inverse relationship between oil pressure and oil temperature. Anyway, cruising down the road...
• Re: oil drain plug not snug. feels loose
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:10:35 -0700
  ...Downside is the oil temperature sender will have to find a new home. They also carry a ball-valve replacement for the drain plug...
• Oil temp, safe or not?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:58:47 -0500
  ...So actually I'm reading engine block temperature at this location as well as oil temperature. I'm getting a reading of 130 Celsius...
• How to find a particular three-way electrical switch.
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:33:28 -0700
  Hello vanagon crew, I'm in the process of wiring up three VDO oil temperature senders to one gauge (one on my pan, and...
• Re: 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:50:48 -0700
  ...2.1 L Oil filler tube needed > Scott, the sender that feeds my VDO oil pressure gauge also feeds the > dynamic oil pressure monitoring...
• Re: 1.9 turbo diesel oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:18:50 -0500
  ...sensitive oil pressure senders? >Could it have anything to do with the type of oil filter being used? I remember debates about oil filters...
• Re: Oil & cyl temp guage install
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 10:26:26 -0500
  ...As for the oil temp sender, I used the much maligned dipstick sender and had no trouble wirth it . Put it in a pot...
• Anyone know thread size of coolant bleeder bolt on radiator?
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:33:14 -0700
  ...speedometer) used to monitor the oil pressure system. I would activate the pressure warning based on coolant temperature, i.e.: 1. Minimal pressure existence...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:22:35 -0500
  ...Squirrel, I believe that you have a tencentlife oil cooler installed as well. Is that correct? I would expect oil temperature to run closer...
• Re: Overheating symptoms?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 22:32:03 -0700
  ...Oil temperature can arguably get hotter - water doesn't boil out until 210F. Oil pressure will get lower as the oil temp rises. Also...
• Guages
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 10:27:29 -0500
  ...This supplies the bushings to install the NPT senders in to the meteric ports. I mounted the oil pressure sender nest to the coolent...
• Re: Low readings from gas gauge and temp gauge..84 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:45:43 -0700
  ...but a check of the other gauges > (no alternator light) normal oil temp, normal Oil pressure..that easily > confirmed the temperature was ok...And...
• Re: Special guages
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Jun 1996 08:21:09 -0500
  ...VDO has lots to choose from, such as oil temperature, oil pressure (I think there's a sender that replaces your current one, with...
• Re: oil drain not snug. feels loose
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 06:44:40 -0400
  ...Downside is the oil temperature sender will have to find a new home. They also carry a ball-valve replacement for the drain plug...
• Ten Bar oil pressure .......... you gotta be kidding. Long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:24:35 -0600
  Several weeks ago I secured a Ten Bar oil pressure Gage and sender from a 944 Porsche. Lets see; ten bar thats about 147...
• Re: .9 bar oil pressure sender replacement
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 5 Mar 2015 18:47:51 -0500
  Kevin, I have actually used the sandwich adapter for the oil pressure gauge sender. That is the easiest, and least pain install for the...