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Subject:Re: Vanagon oil light question for you - dissection of the light
From:Brian Cochran
Date:Mon, 23 Apr 2001 18:20:19 -0700

There's one sender,,, the dual sender.  It is well grounded via the mounting
strap.  Then there''s the fresh wiring for the gauge and the old wire for
the dash light.  I'd rather have two separate senders, but that 's what i'm
stuck with

I copy that tale on the oil pressure.  I concur, I'm just looking for an end
or reason other that the engine.  Appt made for wednesday at a vw place.
I'll figure out the oil pressure story. I also did my last oil change for
the engine break in a tad early....800 miles, but I wanted to switch to
15w-50 oil to see what happens.  I am going to hope that's it.  Still, with
this weather, I feel that the engine should have dealt with the 10w-40 fine.
Brian
>From: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
>To: Brian Cochran <rangerbrian@hotmail.com>
>CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Vanagon oil light question for you - dissection of the  light
>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:47:28 -0400
>
>How are the two senders grounded?
>
>d
>
>At 03:48 PM 4/23/2001, Brian Cochran wrote:
>>for reasons other that the engine for a show of low oil pressure.  It
>>seems
>>too coincidental that the engine started showing low oilpressure with the
>>installation of a gauge.  Because, as I stated before, I never had the oil
>>pressure light that wasn't the caused by a short in the wiring.  I drove
>>it
>>a lot during the summer (long drives) and there wasn't any show of oil
>
>David Beierl - Providence, RI
>  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
>'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
>'85 GL "Poor Relation"
>

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