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Subject:Re: Oil pressure -- normal range?
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:09:25 -0700

Thanks, all.

Yeh, the first part was the easy part.

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Rocky J Squirrel

On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 13:42 -0700, Angus Gordon wrote:
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> Bet you already knew the first half of that answer.
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> Angus Gordon
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> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
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>         Oh, I'm planning to rotate the gauges as needed so their
>         pointers point
>         straight up  when reading normal levels, but I see oil
>         pressure gauges
>         reading 0-80 psi, 0-100 psi, 0-150psi and more. Knowing what
>         might be
>         "normal" oil pressure in a 1.9L wbx would help me pick one
>         that doesn't
>         have the needle cramped over to one side under normal
>         operating
>         conditions.
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>         On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 12:20 -0700, Don Hanson wrote:
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>         > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
>         > <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
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>         >         I'm just now looking at oil pressure gauges. egauges
>         has quite
>         >         a number,
>         >         and there are choices of oil pressure ranges. What's
>         the range
>         >         one
>         >         expects to find in a 1.9L wasserboxer? I guess that
>         ideally,
>         >         selecting
>         >         the right gauge would result in the pointer pointing
>         at 12 o'
>         >         clock when
>         >         oil pressure is in the "normal" range.
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>         >   Many people just turn all their gauges so the needles all
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>         > straight up when the reading is exactly right.
>         >   Then, you look at the row of gauges and if one is not...it
>         draws
>         > your attention right now.  Same on a single gauge.  Rotate
>         the dial
>         > till the needle is up at your normal reading....Of course,
>         this would
>         > really bother some...having it 'not straight'..
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>         >   I don't know the answer to your actual question..not
>         running a WBX
>         > in my van.
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>         >  Don Hanson
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