Another good idea is to do what my buddy has done. he hooked up a shift
light to his oil pressure switch. Pressure drops too low, it warns him with
a big ass light.

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
>Reply-To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Arguments against using VDO oil gauges only?
>Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:58:06 -0700
>
>Beside not paying attention to the gauge if the oil pressure goes too low -
>can't see a problem.
>
>Personally I would disconnect only half of the factory oil pressure system.
>There is a 1.8 BAR and a 0.3 BAR sender - leave the 0.3 BAR active and
>remove the 1.8 BAR and put your gauge sender there.  I think all you have
>to
>do is ground the 1.8 BAR lead and you won't have any problems.  The senders
>that I have seen from VDO screw into a standard sender hole and have two
>terminals on it.  A 0.3 BAR and the variable one.... go with one of these.
>
>David Marshall
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>Of Matt Sutton
>Sent: July 20, 2003 12:58 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Arguments against using VDO oil gauges only?
>
>
>Hi folks,
>     Does anyone have an argument against disconnecting the "dynamic oil
>pressure sensor" with all its lights and buzzers, and using a single sender
>VDO gauge instead? I have not trusted the original system on my 88 GL since
>I got it, now with a new speedo, tons of spliced wires in the engine bay,
>and at least one bad pressure sender.  I think I'd rather just interpret
>actual numbers, than to be unsure whether I've got bad wires, bad senders,
>or bad oil pressure.
>     If I end up pursuing this course, does anyone know where to get a
>single
>VDO gauge sender- doesn't seem like the list vendors are carrying them.
>thanks for any input
>-Matt Sutton
>88GL

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