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Subject:Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:51:22 -0500

---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> The proper blue sensor is .25 (3.53 psi). I have the VDO 150 psi gauge with the 2 pole sensor which turns the light on at  .8 bar (11.1 psi). With my oil cooler set up I rarely have an issue with the light.
> Do you really want to not get a warning anyway with only 3.5 psi of oil pressure? This why the later vans got the dynamic oil pressure warning system.

I have a similar setup (but with 0-80 psi gauge).  I definitely want the warning signals in place.  After all, the warning gets ones attention.  Methinks that is why manufacturers came up with the idiot lights -- for idiots like me.  A lamp is harder to ignore than a gauge is.  A buzzer is even harder to ignore (I know, some folks disable the buzzer because it is hard to ignore -- they are not wise).  mcneely