Folks,
    I have a Gene Berg oil temp sensor attached to my oil pressure guage.  I
have it on all my air cooled.  When you reach a point where the oil is close
to becoming too hot to have its cooling properties, the little sensor begins
to ground, and your oil light begins to flicker, telling you to back off the
throttle.  This simple device costs around $10, and a well stocked VW shop
should have it.  If not, my local shop does, and I know he could work out a
mail order.

Adam Puzerewski
81 westy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Bloss" <vanagon@MAKAROV.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Which gauges?

> On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, David Marshall laid this bit of wit and wisdom upon
us:
> > At 09:52 AM 02/06/2000 -0700, Tom Moritz wrote:
>
> > >3) Oil pressure
> >
> > -- Idiot light should be all you need.
>
> I respectfully disagree.  We had occasion to spend the better part of a
day in
> some South Carolina backwater with Bubba (the head mechanic) trying to
figure
> out why the oil idiot light on my parents' Passat had come on the day
before
> on the highway.  Turns out it was electronics on the receiving end, so a
dual
> sender or redundant sender with gauge would have let us know it was OK to
drive
> on ... we were wasting precious vacation time here.
>
> Also, on these older beasts, I find it reasuring to know that my oil
pressure
> still shoots up when I step on the gas pedal to the tune of
>
> P(lb/in^2) >= RPM/100
>
> Anyway, works for me...not everyone needs it.
>
> -Karl
> --
> Karl & Kristina Bloss - vanagon@makarov.com
> 1987 Westfalia Weekender "Bev" - 197K Miles
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