Sounds like a plan.

Okay, ignorance speaking here: does an oil temp gauge provide
more/better/other information than the stock temp gauge? Responds more
quickly to heating, or something like that?

--
Rocky J Squirrel

On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 14:05 -0700, Don Hanson wrote:

> VW vendors sell a VDO gauge for pressure that has a small can like
> sender with two electrical 'poles'...one for your existing system...the
> warning light..and one to run the aftermarket gauge.
>
>   I don't know about the Waterboxer motor but on my inline VW motor I put it
> onto the sender down at the oil filter flange and it works fine.  You will
> have to run a wire from back to front and what I did was use some 4-strand
> trailer wiring wire...I used one strand to get the pressure sender signal,
> one for my Oil temp sender and I have two left over for any other uses that
> come later on.
>
>   Don Hanson
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:21 PM, courtney hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > Mr Squirrel,
> > Do yourself a favor and buy a good quality one that is electric, NOT
> > mechanical. What a nightmare running the capillary tubing for mechanical
> > gauges, not to mention the lag time. I used to run a digital oil pressure
> > gauge in my HP 2276cc Bug, which was very accurate and looked good too.
> > Nowadays you can get them from just about any big gauge manuf. Just remember
> > that the big ticket with these is consistency between readings. It's good to
> > know what the gauge reads as an average of what you expect to be normal; not
> > necessarily within 2 lbs. of actual pressure. If it varies markedly from
> > what you expect to usually see, THEN you know something is up. Mine used to
> > blink like crazy if the pressure dropped below 20psi.
> > Courtney
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> > Date: Friday, April 8, 2011 1:09 pm
> > Subject: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> > > ...I might as well look into rigging an oil pressure gauge.
> > > Anyone got a
> > > handy kit or anything?
> >