

| Subject: | Re: Oilpressure LEDs |
| From: | David Marshall |
| Date: | Tue, 9 May 2000 17:52:58 -0700 |
There is one LED, but two imputs to the oil pressure "computer" one for a low pressure input and the other for a high pressure input. The warnings are RPM dependant and depending on the year of the van they are different settings. At 10:23 AM 09/05/2000 +1200, Andrew Grebneff wrote: >For those who are fitting Subaru or other engines to vans with 85+ >instruments, the high-pressure oilpressure LED would be a good thing to >keep working. Has anybody done this and knows what is needed to set it up? >(I'm still unsure as to what's what with stock Vanagons, as mine hasn't had >a VW engine since the previous owner). I understand, perhaps wrongly, that >there are 2 LEDs; one for idle-speed oilpressure, the other (coupled with a >buzzer) for higher rpm? The PCB mentioned by Gary McEachern on 31-10-99, >posting 110723, is part of this high-pressure circuit? > >I want to set the Subaru SVX engine up so that the VW's LED/buzzer is >functional (I lost a 36hp once when the oil level dropped, and didn't see >the dim warning light). Will it suffice if I put a T in the Subaru oil >sensor hole and fit the low-pressure sensor at one end of the T, the VW >high-pressure sensor at the other end? > >My instrument cluster from The Bus Depot hasn't arrived yet, so I haven't >had the chance to eyeball it. > >Andrew > > -- David Marshall - Volkswagen Enthusiast - Quesnel, BC, Canada -- -- 78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Iltis, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westfalia -- -- 85 VW Cabriolet, 87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 VW Syncro Double Cab -- -- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca -- -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
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