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Subject:Re: Oil pressure hose
From:Chris S
Date:Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:11:26 -0400

What type of sender are you using for your low rpm pressure warning?

2010/3/17, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca>:
> Hi Volks,
>
> Can anyone confirm or deny if this hose will fit on the oil pressure
> switch on my 1.9L engine? I have a matching VDO gauge and sender from a
> 1985 Cabriolet and this extension would let me mount the sender away from
> the block.
>
> http://www.germansupply.com/home/customer/product.php?productid=16240&cat=&page=1
>
>
> The reason I am asking is that I saw a small blip from the oil light
> yesterday at lower-than-idle rpms a couple of times in traffic. The engine
> runs consistently at the center of LED on the temp gauge and is properly
> filled with fresh 20W50 and has a bosch filter on it. But maybe a new oil
> pump would be better than parts from 2 of them blended together...
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> www.pottsfamily.ca
> www.pottsfamily.ca/busesofthecorn
> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon
> 1973 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
>

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Chris S.
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