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Re: Help me please, oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux
Thu, 26 Jun 1997 17:49:58 -0000
...could i not be > getting correct oil pressure at the lower rpm, or do you think the > switch is bad (high one or low...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer-Arrgh!
Historical mailing list - Ry
Sun, 1 Aug 2010 22:47:00 -0500
I run with the 2200rpm oil switch grounded to the engine block. BUT I have an oil pressure gauge and I am very attentive...
Re: Problem: Oil pressure light/buzzer at over 2KRPM. Help!
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:50:12 -0800
...2000 rpm and the oil warning system goes off, then it is one of three things. A fault pressure switch or the wiring related...
Re: stripped oil drain plug
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:36:59 -0500
...1.9 engine that had the oil pressure switch hole stripped when the PO overtightened the switch. I tried a helicoil(first time), and...
Re: oil light problem
Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:08:39 -0600
...that the problem can lie in an improper bar > calibrated oil switch (pressure sensor), something about proper bar > rating for our vehicles. Apparently your...
Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:49:34 -0400
...There's no connection between the oil pressure light and the brake warning light system. On the '84 the brake warning lights if the...
Re: 86 vanagon Oil Pressure Switch
Historical mailing list - clerkin
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:28:53 -0500
...86 vanagon Oil Pressure Switch > > >> I have a 1986 vanagon with an oil pressure light and buzzer which comes on >> when the vehicle is...
Re: oil pressure problems,still
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:43:08 -0400
...too much about accurate oil pressure. Just need a switch of somekind.I have heard that when the oil light comes on in the...
Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:56:12 -0700
...audible alarm > whenever the oil pressure lamp lights. > > There's only a single wire running from the op switch to the dash light, > according...
Re: Broken Oil Pressure gauge/sender?
Historical mailing list - Ry
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:37:42 -0500
...switch. >> >> All gauges have grounds going to one of the grounding rings behind and >> above >> the fuse block. >> >> The problem is my oil pressure...
Re: oil pressure woes
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:05:40 -0500
...oil pressure after they install the VDO gauge. two things I have come to understand about the VDO gauge are. #1 the switch for...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:42:05 -0500
...The second switch works backward from the primary switch. The second switch sees an open condition until oil pressure rises to about 10-15...
Re: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sun, 1 Mar 2015 10:14:35 -0600
...the oil cooler seal was replaced and two pushrod tubes > > were replaced on the side opposite the oil pressure switch. That switch was > > undisturbed...
Re: Worst oil pressure ever? what about highest OK?
Historical mailing list - Rob Infante
Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:31:19 EDT
the PO put an oil pressure switch on mine. It starts out pretty high, as much as 60psi (is that too high?), but as...
Oil light and warning
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:30:28 -0600
...The oil pressure switches are readily available, but the circuit board that goes in the dash pod is not. It seems to be NLA...
Re: Oil press. warning buzzer
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 13:25:46 -0500
...There are actually two separate oil pressure warning sensors (switches). VW figured that there should be more pressure at higher rpms, so they divided...
Westy Oil Light and Buzzer Fixed
Historical mailing list - Kirk van Druten
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:38:18 +0000
...that my problem was with the oil pressure switch and/or wire connection to it near the oil/water pump. The trick was that...
Re: Oil pressure switch problem
Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:17:52 +0000
Hi, I created a simple test for the Vanagon oil pressure warning system. If you can use a voltmeter, you(or your tech) can...
Re: Help! - was Failed Crankshaft seal - now low oil pressure / Maybe Not
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:59:02 EST
...3/ If the oil pressure is kosher, go to the hassle of changing out the dynamic oil pressure switch. You'll need either a...
Rislone Ring Seal and Other Oil Pressure Thoughts
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda's Personal email
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 09:41:33 -0700
...increaser - changed oil pressure switch with a new one. - changed wiring for oil pressure switch and traced insulation - took out oil pressure relief valve...
Re: 2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge?
Historical mailing list - jbange
Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:25:00 -0800
...Unless you've disconnected the 2.1L Dynamic oil pressure warning system. The >0.9B switch is needed. > I think he's putting a...
Fwd: [VANAGON] Fw: Vanagon oil pressure switches,or the lack thereof!!
Historical mailing list
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 20:22:30 EDT
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Re: Which switch for Oil Pressure?! 85 GL
Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
Sat, 2 Jul 2016 15:01:44 -0700
...Which switch for Oil Pressure?! 85 GL >> >> All, >> >> I'm searching and need the "right" oil pressure switch...I've got the blue one...
Re: Dash Oil Light
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:43:26 -0800
...If your low pressure/low rpm oil pressure switch is not making contact ( key on, engine off ) that might produce make no flashing oil...
Euro-Elec: FIX 91 Volkswagen Vanagon, idiot lights, oil light
Historical mailing list - "Richard Meissenheimer (by way of Derek Drew )"
Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:02:21 -0500
...They said they had checked the compression and oil pressure on this one, yet both oil pressure switched were buried in filth and the...
Re: Oil pressure summary
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Fri, 20 Sep 2002 12:18:04 -0500
...the factory switch? DM&FS At 08:55 AM 9/20/2002 -0700, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >Kevin, > >Congrats on the oil pressure gauge, all...
VDO Gauges?
Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
Mon, 24 May 1999 15:56:31 -0700
Hi all, Silly questions; I'd like to install two standard VDO oil temp/pressure gauges in my '88 van. There doesn't really...
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...
Oil Pressure Switch R&R
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:27:07 -0700
...The "high side" oil pressure switch located just below the crank pulley and next to the oil filter mount has developed a crack in...
Oil Pressure observation.
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:53:37 -0700
...interstate/highway sustained speeds...210f Oil temperature with oil pressure of 65psi at 3700rpm (60mph) With the other oil, I was seeing about 55psi...
Re: Oil pressure switch color
Historical mailing list - David
Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:35:54 -0400
Per Bentley- .3 on low side between pushrod tubes and .9 on high near oil pump.... My blue one is a .3.... Dave On...
Re: of oil lights and pressure switches
Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
Wed, 26 Sep 2001 08:06:29 -0700
...aol.com wrote: >The 85 Vanagon should only have one oil pressure switch (the one you >already replaced). However this wiring system has a...
Re: Broken Oil Pressure gauge/sender?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:45:57 -0700
...switch. > > All gauges have grounds going to one of the grounding rings behind and > above > the fuse block. > > The problem is my oil pressure...
Re: WTB: Dash Instrument Cluster for '85 Westy
Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:14:37 -0500
...On the blue foil for 2.1 models >> BOTH oil pressure switch wires connect through the extra circuit board >> in the speedo and then...
Re: oil light question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:29:41 -0500
...A clogged oil filter can also cause the low pressure light while the high pressure buzzer may not come on as that switch is...
Oil Pressure Safety Switch???????
Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:54:55 -0800
...with any kind of "safety" switch that won't allow the engine to start with low oil pressure? I have an "85 GL that...
Catastrophe!! The rest of the story.
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 26 Jan 2001 21:18:42 -0600
...Once in the street ...and going up hill.....suddenly the oil pressure light comes on and the buzzer sounds. So switch off, swing around...
Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 3 Dec 2010 00:47:40 -0500
...Sufficient oil pressure to close the .8 bar switch or >cycling the ignition key is the way to silence it. Gotcha, thanks Dennis. d
Re: Oil Pressure Switch Removal
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 15 Nov 2015 18:10:19 -0600
...Oil Pressure Switch Removal > > The switch by the crankshaft pulley. > > How does one R&R that switch without making it a major repair job...
Re: Catastrophe!! The rest of the story.
Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
Sat, 27 Jan 2001 07:55:17 -0800
...and going up hill.....suddenly > the oil pressure > light comes on and the buzzer sounds. So switch off, > swing around and > coast back into...
Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Tue, 15 May 2012 23:07:43 -0400
...pressure switch on the other. I do not use the second post on VDO sender, which is meant to trigger the low pressure oil...
Re: New instrument cluster in '84 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:04:41 -0600
...The dual oil switch > circuit board never ignores the low pressure switch. It does ignore the > high pressure switch when the engine is at...
Re: High Pressure Oil Switch Wire; Tethered to Switch. OEM? PIC
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 11 May 2012 18:32:38 -0700
...Image is looking down toward muffler, mirror showing the oil high pressure switch spade connector. You can see a bit of the brown wire...
Re: Oil pressure warning
Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 09:30:16 -0800
...If you have a transplanted 2.1L then >there are two oil pressure sensing switches sending to different >pressure signals to the Dynamic oil...
Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:34:10 -0500
...The oil buzzer is operated by the high (.8 bar/11.3 psi) switch. This switch closes when oil pressure is sufficient. If the...
Re: 91; auto trans and AC
Historical mailing list
Wed, 22 May 1996 13:40:24 -0400
...is there a pressure switch, Yes, there is a low pressure cut-off switch. If there is not enough pressure in the system the...
Re: any guesses on oil light woes
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Tue, 23 Jan 2001 05:44:21 -0800
...I > have the one switch wire grounded to satisfy the not-so-dynamic oil > pressure system. The low pressure light still works and yes...
Re: OIL warning light up
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:42:09 -0400
...be the switch or something like that. The wires look > good. Could be the sensor. Could be that your oil pressure is low. You...
Re: 86 vanagon Oil Pressure Switch
Historical mailing list - clerkin
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:36:38 -0500
...86 vanagon Oil Pressure Switch >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> I have a 1986 vanagon with an oil pressure light and buzzer which >comes >> >on >> >> >> when the vehicle is...
of oil lights and pressure switches
Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:10:51 -0700
...how many oil pressure switches does a 1985 wbx have and how can I tell if the part store sold me me right one...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:10:09 -0400
...The second switch works backward from the primary switch. The second switch sees an open condition until oil pressure rises to about 10-15...
Re: '86 Westy Oil light flickers briefly...other basic ?'s
Historical mailing list - jimt
Sat, 9 Oct 2004 11:20:51 -0600
...Note that the upper oil pressure switch (extremely common dating back to bugs) is not the same as the lower. They are even different...
Re: Oil Press. Sender location(T4)
Historical mailing list - Aaron Sedgmen
Tue, 23 Apr 96 13:22:41 EST
...The threads on the sender are the same as the threads on > the stock oil pressure switch. The problem is that the sender is...
High Pressure Oil Switch Wire; Tethered to Switch. OEM? PIC
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:31 -0700
...The wire is tethered to the oil pressure switch. I know Bentley says "push back exhaust cover" for switch removal, so doing so may...
Re: what causes low oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:05:37 -0600
...what causes the oil pressure to get low > enough to trigger the light? assuming that the oil was getting too hot > and thin from...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer-Arrgh!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 1 Aug 2010 20:58:35 -0700
...Oil pressure light and buzzer-Arrgh! I run with the 2200rpm oil switch grounded to the engine block. BUT I have an oil pressure...
Re: Oil pressure light in 1.9l at idle
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:39:48 -0800
...So I've ordered parts to install an oil pressure gauge. > > I realize there's a lower threshold (blue) .25 bar switch that VW...
Re: REPLACING OIL PUMP
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:50:02 -0400
...gauge or the oil light comes on at a higher pressure than the stock switch. did you have an oil pressure problem before you...
Re: the cat did it (solved)
Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
Tue, 5 May 1998 03:29:34 EDT
...but it should have popped the dipstick off > > or blown oil out somewhere. ?? Except that BOTH oil pressure switches indicate when oil pressure is...
Re: electric plug in engine block
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:45:49 -0700
...electric plug in engine block >>> >>> >>> >>> Yep - that's where the leak was coming from - the oil pressure switch. >>> It >>>> was leaking oil badly enough...