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Re: Oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 9 Jul 2015 15:49:30 -0700
...Oil pressure I've got two oil pressure guage setups. One takes pressure from the pressure switch that monitors oil pressure at the cam...
Re: [WetWesties] 82 Westy issues (frustrated)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:54:54 EST
...Cylinder head temp sensor fuel pressure regulator air flow sensor full throttle switch exhaust gas recirculation injectors cold start valve A vacuum leak anywhere...
Re: question regarding front heater switch and knob, 1990 Vanagon GL
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:00:18 -0500
...Where do you recommend I buy a switch from? That's because the switch body is thermoplastic; it softened and the contact pressure drove...
Re: New instrument cluster in '84 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - DaveC
Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:41:40 -0800
...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: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
Sun, 2 Mar 2014 11:46:21 -0500
...oil pressure gauge that isn't maintaining 70psi on the highway. To any wbxer owner who is maintaining 70psi on the highway, I am...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Steven Sittser
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:59:01 -0400
...It it doesn't, I'll replace the high-pressure sensor switch (assuming I can get to it). After that... I don't know...
Re: Radiator Fan Turns On But Not Off
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:50:23 -0800
Yes, it looks like a latch condition could be caused by the AC high pressure switch being on all the time, whether from an...
Re: Oil Pressure Light went On...Abort Trip?
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sun, 22 May 2005 08:06:17 -0700
...the oil pressure switch setpoint 0.9 Bar? The high pressure sensor is .9bar (13psi). At highway speed (4000rpm) a pressure of 20psi is...
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: weird para-normal
Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
Tue, 25 May 2004 09:17:12 -0700
...info on it. > > well the switch fails above 3000k rpms so this would be my high pressure > switch. > this idiot light like to go...
Re: 1991 Carat - the drama continues
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 23:00:39 -0400
...pressure switches on the left side of the > engine tends to corrode and make a very high resistance connection > causing false oil pressure alarms...
Re: Still doesn't add up, was: Re: [Syncro] Oil pressure mystery , resolved???
Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:48:32 -0400
...Now, you may still be having a problem with the high pressure switch, if it sets off at 1.4 bar or the similar...
Re: Oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:10:36 -0700
...Oil pressure I've got two oil pressure guage setups. One takes pressure from the pressure switch that monitors oil pressure at the cam...
Fw: Continued oil buzzer/warning light hassle
Historical mailing list - bpremack
Thu, 25 Sep 1997 13:35:19 -0500
...Vanagon archives indicate a "high" and a "low" oil pressure > switch. The "high" (.9 bar, 13.1 psi) switch is effective at 2000+ rpm...
Re: AC Drip Drop
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sun, 17 Jul 2005 11:37:28 -0700
When you lose SOME refrigerant (not ALL), the high pressure side maintains the same pressure, but the low pressure side goes even lower. This...
Re: 2nd go through on Oil pressure alarm problems problems--this is a good one for any one up for a challenge.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:58:28 +0000
...pressure > was high > until I started the engine then it went to almost nothing. (THIS IS BACKWARDS OPERATION, THE WRONG SWITCH)The high > pressure...
Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 4 Jan 2017 04:41:14 +0000
...PS Pump switch high idle question > > Hi, > > Can someone school me on the way the PS pump switch affects the idle speed? I have...
Re: Air conditioning hose
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Fri, 3 Sep 2004 16:48:35 -0400
...I found a high pressure safety switch that screws on to the high side schraeder valve. I spliced it into the condenser's clutch...
Re: gauge recommendations
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:08:13 EST
What a tasty question! I have: (in the heater air cover) oil pressure, oil temperature, battery voltage taken at the fuse panel and switched...
Re: "Brake Warning Light" grounding question. (searched)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:56:13 -0700
...I wonder if having the high pressure oil switch connected to my Vanagon oil light, had anything to do with this engine "not stopping...
Re: weird para-normal
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Tue, 25 May 2004 09:26:30 -0700
...info on it. > > well the switch fails above 3000k rpms so this would be my high pressure > switch. > this idiot light like to go...
Re: 84 Vanagon A/C
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:42:03 -0500
...I use the high switch to energize the fan stage 3 relay. This rarely turns on but if the pressure gets up there while...
Re: High Speed Fan
Historical mailing list - David Hally
Fri, 9 Jul 2004 22:18:49 -0700
...SWITCH TURNED OFF**** > > > > > >>(switch > >>provides current to fan resistor, then to fan) > >> > >> > > > > > > > >>speed 2 - turned on/off by A/C refrigerant high > >>pressure switch...
High Idle, Fuel Pressure Test Results and Advice Needed
Historical mailing list - Ronald D Maxseiner
Sun, 8 Dec 2002 23:31:49 -0500
...I'm planning to replace the fuel pressure regulator. Does this seem like a good step? High fuel pressure would seem to match most...
Re: Weird Stuff----
Historical mailing list - David Richoux
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:48:49 -0800
...as I mentioned in another part of this thread, AFAIK the coolant pressure is determined by the temperature sensor - if the pressure is high...
Fwd: Continuing saga of Oil Pressure light...
Historical mailing list - Ben S
Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:28:40 -0700
...to monitor the high pressure threshold switch above ~2000 r/m and the low pressure switch below that. unless both switches failed at the...
Re: Best Tire Pressures?
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:46:29 -0700
...The posted pressure always seemed too high. So I wouldn't mind a > similar opinion on the GL. Thanks. > > Bill H. > > --- tabe johnson <xtabe...
Re: Blinking oil pressure light
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Mon, 7 Dec 2020 09:20:36 -0800
...Blinking oil pressure light > > > > > > > > Stuart... I will check the connection on the foil... Thanks > > > > > > > > Stacy... I keep the original switch.. it has the numbers...
Re: New instrument cluster in '84 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:02:34 -0500
...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: PS Pump switch high idle question
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 3 Jan 2017 19:50:36 -0800
...PS Pump switch high idle question > > Hi, > > Can someone school me on the way the PS pump switch affects the idle speed? I have...
Re: oil buzzer buzzing all the time
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:03:08 -0500
...Since it was sudden and consistent you most likely had a wire break or a connection fail to the high pressure oil sender switch...
Re: oil light/buzzer comes on for no reason
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Fri, 2 Jan 2004 17:07:08 -0500
...I have a VDO oil pressure gauge > I've been using for about a year now...works great. > The factory high pressure oil switch...
Re: '91 Carat AC Inoperative.
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:31:12 +0000
...I could > hear a whistling sound, an on checking, I discovered that the trinary > switch which is essentially the high/low pressure switch, had...
Re: OIL PRESSURE LIGHT
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Fri, 16 Oct 2015 08:19:20 -0700
...That leaves either a bad high pressure switch or you really have low oil pressure. Mark John Rodgers wrote: > Got my water pump changed...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:58:11 -0700
Hi, I made a manifold and relocated the two pressure switches plus added a pressure gauge sender. Pics etc here https://shufti.blog/2012...
Re: PS High Pressure ling w/Banjo Fitting Needed
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:48:42 -0700
...PS High Pressure ling w/Banjo Fitting Needed > Karl, > > It's the small fitting. The one that has the pressure switch on the end...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 09:21:11 -0700
...Before the issue started, I'd replaced ~ 1/2 the section of wire from the high pressure switch to the white 2 pin connector...
Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
Historical mailing list - Elliot Kane
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:02:36 -0700
...stuff, and put it back on a few times) the high pressure oil switch (the one by the water pump) the scares have subsided...
Re: 1985 Vanagon A/C question
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Tue, 29 Jul 2014 08:55:57 -0400
...to have pressure switches that turns the compressor off if the pressure in the system gets too low or too high. The early ones...
Re: 1.9l with 23psi @ 4000 rpm
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:54:11 -0500
...heard of anyone having an old >>> switch that was still responding, but just at too high a pressure (if >>> anything I would expect them...
Re: Oil Pressure Switch
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:58:41 -0700
...When I pulled the high pressure switch, I also removed the >> bushing >> to the block. I cleaned both and reinstalled bushing(old w/copper...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Steven Sittser
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:39:08 -0400
...It it doesn't, I'll replace the high-pressure sensor switch (assuming I can get to it). After that... I don't know...
Any Vanagons in or around Indianapolis whose engine wiring I could take a peek at?
Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:43:39 -0500
...Connector picture: <http://kippert.com/vanagon/misc/damaged-connector.jpg > The high pressure switch has a brown wire coming up the front of the...
Re: high idle.
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 01:18:47 -0400
...http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/engine/throttle_body1.jpg is the switch working? Wire good? Unplug IS (idle stab), see! Check fuel pressure, see...
Re: High Idle, Fuel Pressure Test Results and Advice Needed
Historical mailing list - joe brown
Mon, 9 Dec 2002 01:23:12 -0800
...A lot of us have replaced the fuel pressure regulator only to have the new one supply the same higher pressure as the old...
Re: Thought problem for Friday
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:20:30 -0700
...It's pitch (frequency) changes with pedal pressure >>> (higher with more pressure), and only happens on AM stations. >>> Unfortunately, my favorite sports radio stations...
Re: Vanagon jerking in stop and go traffic
Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:14:33 -0500
My guess is the Fuel Pressure Regulator. The symptoms you describe are the exact symptoms that occurred on my brothers Vanagon (1983 air cooled...
Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
Thu, 5 Jan 2017 18:05:52 +0000
I wonder if an unconnected PS pressure switch would lead to failure of the ICM (idle control module)? When I was a newbie T3...
Re: what causes low oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:41:29 -0500
...to a value higher than 10w-40 so the pressure will stay higher. > >If you change the high oil pressure switch next to the...
Question about AC and the 86 up three speed fan
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:12:53 -0700
...Stage 2 on when the radiator switch kicks in or AC detects higher pressure and tries to reduce the pressure. AC still cools. Stage...
Re: Help me please, oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Randy Newell
Fri, 27 Jun 1997 10:25:29 -0500
...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: A/C R-12 to R-134A
Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
Wed, 2 May 2001 08:32:32 -0600
...to keep the Ac switch thermostat turned up a little higher than with the R12. Because of the pressure differences the compressor cycles off...
Re: instrument panel
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:23:29 -0700
...one is your van and engine have a Dynamic Oil Pressure System ( see Bentley ) with two oil pressure switches. An 85 only has one...
Re: RE.Advice on Evaporator Icing
Historical mailing list
Fri, 4 Aug 2000 11:12:09 EDT
...So there is a temperature control for the evaporator, just not a high/low pressure cut out switch or ambient air switch(unless the...
Re: Headlight / turn signal problems
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:02:51 -0700
...When I switch on the > highbeams, the drivers side is normal but the passenger side high beam > does not come on at all and...
Re: Oil light/buzzer
Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
Sun, 17 Aug 1997 23:39:51 -0700
...I'd replaced all the oil pressure switches (the turbo uses different switches than the other engines). To this day, it does the same...
Re: WTB: Dash Instrument Cluster for '85 Westy
Historical mailing list
Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:55:47 EST
...i had thought the low pressure oil light still worked on the 86-91 clusters regardless if the high pressure connector (those chips/pcb...
Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 17:19:58 -0500
...PS Pump switch high idle question > >> >> > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> Can someone school me on the way the PS pump switch affects the idle > speed? I have...
Re: Oil pressure light in 1.9l at idle
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:06:35 -0500
...heard of anyone having an old switch that > was still responding, but just at too high a pressure (if anything I would > expect them...
Re: AC Troubleshooting Question
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 3 Aug 2002 11:26:51 -0500
...If you don't have +12 at pin 30, your problem is with the high or low pressure switches or the main AC relay...