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• Re: Overflow puking water
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:58:39 EST
  In a message dated 11/17/03 9:52:35 PM, dabomb@TANJABARNES.COM writes: << He pressure tested my rad cap, found that it...
• Re: tire pressure (P.S.)
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 08:07:24 MDT
  My owners manual states "Required cold tire inflation pressures are listed on a sticker on the left doorjamb. Use an accurate tire pressure gauge...
• Re: fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 21 Jan 2001 07:08:37 -0600
  ...Any suggestions for which sending unit might > work? > > Would an oil pressure sender work? Pressure is pressure, right? > > Pressure is pressure... right.... BUT the...
• oil pressure readings
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 18:55:32 -0700
  ...Today, I got the following oil pressure readings: Engine Cold: 50psi @ idle 70psi @ 3000 rpm Engine Warm (oil temp 210F): 15psi @ idle 45psi @ 3000...
• Oil pressure readings
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Howard
  Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:35:38 EDT
  Got the oil pressure measured on my '87 Westy. These numbers are at operating temperature with the van stationary. Not sure if they indicate...
• Electric sender, oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 19:18:25 -0400
  Does anyone have photos of their oil pressure sender installation along with info as to what length of extension tube you used? I've...
• Re: Tire pressures
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:57:06 -0700
  ...Max Pressure in Tires Jim, that 51 PSI MAX rating is just that, the max the tire maker desigen the tire for. it is...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure Testing - make your own tool
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:35:12 -0700
  ...Please tell more about the details of planing/building your pressure tester. Nate Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:07:19 -0300 From: "Giasson...
• Re: OIL warning light up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:58 -0400
  ...The low pressure switch closes or completes the circuit to ground to indicate loss of pressure. The high pressure switch closes to indicate the...
• Tire Pressures
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Jul 1996 10:10:47 -0500
  ...I'm riding Goodyear Regatta touring tires, size P195/70R14 @ 36 psi all around.<< The manual states that the tire pressures should be 30...
• PS pump pressure testing?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:25:36 -0600
  ...BenT suggested that the pump may be putting out too much pressure blowing the seals on the rack. This makes sense especially since Bentley...
• Re: Denver to San Diego and back - Lost my cool in the desert (a trip report)
  Historical mailing list - David McCallum
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:56:30 -0600
  On 6/26/06, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Actually, pressure is your friend in cases like that. Pressure raises the > boiling temperature...
• Re: installing new clutch slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:11:11 -0600
  >On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 DAPrescott@AOL.COM wrote: > >> Replacement is fairly straight forward, but the Bentley manual tells you to >> use a pressure...
• Re: Best Tire Pressure for Michelin Agilis 61's?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:36:40 -0700
  There is a formula for calculating the air pressure of a non-standard sized/load rated tire using the tire pressure recommendations on the...
• Re: Oil Pressure problems
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Mon, 15 Jun 1998 09:07:03 -0500
  Bob O'Shaughnessy wrote: > It seems that I'm having a bit of an oil pressure problem. My new > (around 3k miles) engine starts...
• Re: installing new clutch slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 17:10:00 -0800
  On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 DAPrescott@AOL.COM wrote: > Replacement is fairly straight forward, but the Bentley manual tells you to > use a pressure...
• Re: New Dash Pod/Dynamic Oil Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 15:02:45 -0500
  ...The stock oil pressure senders only give a digital OK/not OK signal, not an actual oil pressure signal. IMHO, the solution with the...
• Re: Oil Pressure readings on a 2.1L????
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 20:06:34 -0400
  Kevin, Last June I installed put in a dual VDO oil pressure gauge and I love the piece of mind it provides especially when...
• Re: pressure gauge range for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:32:52 +0200
  ...I can't think of > anything needing >100psi in this type of gauge, unless your oil pressure > relief valve sticks... but a pegged 100psi...
• Re: repost - basic a/c hose connection question.
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:44:36 -0500
  ...Compressor to evaporator is the high pressure. Low pressure goes first to the condensor in front of the Van and then back to the...
• Re: oil pressure problems
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:25:17 -0400
  There is zero oil pressure under the spring. The dripping was the oil draining through the return port into the crankcase. Stripping the threads...
• Re: Oil pressure warning light at idle?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 12:42:17 -0400
  Put in a guage! Every VW should have an oil pressure guage. Your pressure may be fine off of idle. Hot idle pressure is...
• Re: Gas Pressure Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 14:45:37 CST6CDT
  On 1 Nov 95, Vahid Lajevardi wrote: > Hello VWers, > > I would like to get a pressure gauge to measure the gas pressure after > the...
• ac pressure question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 12:21:02 -0700
  Is it safe to assume that your r134 pressure is neither too low or too high if your high speed radiator fan cycles on...
• Re: How does a leak down tester work???
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:13:59 EST
  ...A leak down tester applies a regulated pressure to the cylinder under test and the resulting pressure in the cylinder is read as a...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 Mar 2014 to 4 Mar 2014 (#2014-134)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 08:26:23 -0800
  ...Using a pressure gauge and clamps, I tested running-residual pressure in the same manner as I did with the old pump. The used...
• Re: Residual Fuel Pressure: hold for 1 hour?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 3 Mar 2014 18:45:27 -0800
  ...If >> pressure holds, regulator is at fault. If pressure drops, pump check >> valve at fault. > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca > > '88 Westy http...
• Still confused, looking for suggestions...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Warner
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:14:46 GMT
  Good afternoon Volks! You may recall I'm having a Oil High Pressure switch problem. I ignored it for a few weeks while I...
• Re: diesel-gas conversion problems solved! (mostly)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 00:29:56 -0500
  ...In the multiport Vanagon format, the fuel pressure regulator relieves the pressure quickly enough to keep the operating pressure at or about 30 to...
• Re: Poor power until warm
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 07:26:11 -0700
  ...how old is the fuel pressure regulator (a bad or going bad fuel pressure regulator could slow to build up fuel pressure) - ? fuel filter...
• Oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 13:25:14 -0700
  On the recommendations of fine members of this list, I have added an oil pressure gauge to my extensive dashboard of instrumentation. What pressure...
• Re: Broken armrest and oil pressure war !
  Historical mailing list
  01 Aug 96 13:34:35 PDT
  All I saw in my message header was the following: >Broken armrest and oil pressure war Wow, I thought a NEW way to cure...
• Re: coolant level rising - addendum
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:48:03 EDT
  In a message dated 8/23/01 11:41:38 AM, JKrevnov@AOL.COM writes: << The cap should relieve system pressure @ 13-17 psi...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:44:16 -0400
  ...Oil pressure light and buzzer At 09:49 AM 8/21/2012, Gabriel Hourtouat wrote: >(...caused by a pressure relief valve that didn't...
• Re: 2.1L Engine: Oil Pressure Senders faulty reading
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:42:08 -0500
  The high and low pressure sensors have different switch operation. Low is normally closed, opening with adequate pressure. High is normally open, closing with...
• Re: coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:12:26 -0400
  There isn't a radiator cap on my van, so where do you attach the pressure checker? BTW, Autozone will let you borrow a...
• Re: High pressure tire valves - do I need 'em?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:33:05 -0800
  > The recommended rear tire pressure on my Westy is 40 PSI and the > Firestone tires are rated at 35 PSI, so I am keeping...
• Re: Where is the oil pressure sender on VW Rialta?
  Historical mailing list - Hawk
  Sun, 27 May 2012 12:04:28 -0500
  ...On VW's using two oil pressure switches, the high pressure switch kicks in when engine revved past 2K RPM. That said, on a...
• Re: fuel pressure test connection size?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:24:15 -0500
  At 12:49 PM 2/6/2001, Bill Davidson wrote: >I'm thinking of installing a permanent fuel pressure gauge (available at >local speed...
• Re: ...oil pressure...oil sensor
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 27 May 2005 23:50:29 -0700
  Ten pounds of pressure per 1000 rpm is, IIRC, normal and good. You most likely have the wire shorting to ground. Karl Wolz > -----Original...
• Re: Oil pressure light on at idle: add a $1.50 oil booster spring.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 19:41:27 -0500
  ...Since cold oil does not flow easily, the relief valve is there so that excess pressure can be relieved. When the pressure overcomes the...
• Re: '87 Oil pressure NEED HELP!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 19:30:20 -0400
  ...I have had several Jettas and 70% of them have had problems with oil pressure sending system. Ie problem with the pressure sender not...
• Re: Oil pressure questions again
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:19:12 +0000
  The only pressure there will be the crankcase vent pressure. Any pressure measured is the result of a blocked breather or excessive blow by...
• Re: More fridge help needed.
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:11:52 -0400
  ...pressure + 16 inches of water = propane pressure + 5 inches of water > > solving, > > Atm. pressure + 11 inches of water = propane pressure. > > By convention, only the...
• Re: Coolant pressure test... video.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:07:18 -0500
  Actually you either have a cracked head or more likely the head studs failed to maintain pressure under load (that stretch preload thing) the...
• Re: Tire Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sun, 2 Jun 2002 02:25:02 +0000
  ...They can handle ~1650 lbs at max pressure, but don't need that much pressure on the Vanagon. Hope they work out well for...
• Re: Does a worn pressure relief valve cause Oil pressure buzzer?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:02:10 -0400
  ...If the spring breaks you'll have no pressure, if it's weak the peak pressure will be low but below that shouldn't...
• Re: oil pressure warning system anomaly?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 06:46:07 -0800
  ...This sensor is normally closed (on) and opens when sufficient > pressure is there. The higher pressure sensor (2000 rpm buzzer) is at the > rear...
• Re: Which gauges?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:53:12 -0700
  ...Voltmeter Oil Pressure Water Pressure Because the water boxer has so much plumbing, having a water pressure gauge will immediately tell you to start...
• Re: fuel pres.
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Gibson
  Sun, 21 Jan 2001 19:47:52 -0500
  ...The pressure you feel at a certain depth in a swimming pool would be > different if the liquid was oil or gasoline. > But when...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure Testing - make your own tool CHEAP!
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:07:19 -0300
  ...It has a 30psi gauge built in so I can monitor the amount of pressure I'm putting in with my bike pump. I...
• Fuel system question: pressurization
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:59:00 -0600
  Does either the fuel pressure regulator or the fuel pump maintain pressure in the system when the engine is not running. ie at start...
• Re: Oil pressure data...need interpretation
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:41:32 -0400
  ...Oil pressure data...need interpretation > > > Hi all, > Finally got around to installing an oil pressure gauge, as > I was having the > oil pressure light...
• Re: ADJUSTABLE RISING FUEL RATE REGULATOR for WBX and others to cure lean engine
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 6 May 2003 11:32:35 -0700
  ...Only > problem is in a lower pressure FI there is > less time to compensate for a lean condition > during a cycle as compared to...
• Re: Measuring fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - T.M.
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:27:32 -0400
  ...AFAIK, there are two main types of pressure gauges: 1. incoming pressure goes into a sealed, spiral tube that is connected to the gauge...
• Re: Pressure releife valve
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 16:14:29 -0700
  ...where the entire rubber sealing 'plate' lifts up to relieve pressure .. surely that style would allow more volume to pass than a waterboxer pressure...
• Re: Someone must know what tire pressure do use in Agilis 51 tire s!
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 23 May 2002 10:15:55 -0500
  ...They said that is the MAX pressure not the recommended pressure to run the tire on. Sean Garrett 1981 Westy (his) 1995 Eurovan Camper...
• Oil pressure -- normal range?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 12:00:32 -0700
  I'm just now looking at oil pressure gauges. egauges has quite a number, and there are choices of oil pressure ranges. What's...
• Re: VC Fluid Appears To Be Under Pressure
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 18:35:43 -0400
  ...The fluid was obviously under pressure as it gushed out of either hole > until I put the screw back in. Derek, FWIW, maybe there...
• Re: PS pump pressure testing?
  Historical mailing list - Richie Chunda
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 21:15:49 EDT
  In a message dated 6/27/02 11:26:06 AM, afox@CNR.COLOSTATE.EDU writes: << I have never seen a pressure gauge that...