On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
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> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:53:11 -0800, "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> said:
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>> In checking the price, I see there is a discrepancy in oil pressure
>> switch ratings on the 1.9 WBX. Bentley sez: Digijet '83 '84, '85
>> switch is 1.8 bar. Allans comment and looking at Bus Depot shows the
>> switch at .3 bar.
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> I don't recall what years have this, but later models have two sensors -- one is the 0.3 bar that illuminates the dash lamp if the pressure is lower than that. �The other is a 0.9 bar that triggers the buzzer if the pressure is too low above 2000 RPM. �I think the 1.9 on WBX the '84 only has the 0.3 bar but not sure about that.
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> I'm not sure what a 1.8 bar sender would be for. �But I do know that someone had installed a 1.8 bar sender on my 2.1 WBX causing the buzzer to sound unnecessarily; that problem went away when I installed the correct sender.
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> Allan

Sorry about any confusion I might have caused here. I was correct
about the typo, but it's a relatively moot point. As Allan said, it's
a 0.3 bar switch. It is clearly shown on P 17.7 in Bentley.

Neil.

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