

| Subject: | Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . . |
| From: | Rocket J Squirrel |
| Date: | Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:19:41 -0700 |
I'm confused. Is 0.3 bar lower or higher than the trip point for the stock sender? On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 19:09 -0400, Dennis Haynes wrote: > I prefer the two pole sensor. Turns light on earlier and makes for one less failure point. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Chris S > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 6:43 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . . > > Beware the two-pole sender. The oil light side has a low pressure > trigger that is a bit higher than .3 bar. Run a splitter and use a > factory sender for your light. > > Chris. > > Wysłane z iPhone'a > > Dnia Apr 8, 2011 o godz. 17:05 Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> > napisał(a): > > > 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? > >>
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