The sender location on the left side of the engine is actually the correct
location for the oil pressure gauge. This location will check the pressure
at the end of the oil circuit. The location at the back of the engine
measures pressure directly off the pump which will give a higher reading. A
clogged or restrictive oil filter will actually cause the reading here to
increase which may mask a developing problem. Also, using the cam bearing
location will allow the use of a dual post VDO sender allowing the warning
light to remain intact without adding tees for the original switch.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Mike Bauermeister
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 9:32 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: installing oil pressure gauge

Any advice on installing an oil pressure guage in my '89 westy?  I got the
VDO gauge, sender, and extention adaptor from Bus Depot.  I've tried the
archives on this with no luck.  That oil pressure sender on the back of the
engine looks really hard to get to.  And then I wonder where do you locate
the new sender?  The extention is a fexible tube but it looks to me like
it'd be very close to a couple of v belts there.  What about putting it in
place of the other oil sender (the one by the left head)?  If anyone's done
this job I'd love to hear about it.

Thanks-Michael