To put things in perspective 1.0 bar =14.1 psi. .25 Bar = 3.525 Bar. .3 Bar = 4.23 psi. So yes the .25 Bar may reduce some nuisance blinking but a healthy engine should be able to develop close to 10 psi/1,000 rpm. The wear limit is 2 bar (28.2 psi) @ 4,000 rpm. 

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 9:24 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Watch out Westy, there is a new kid in town!

My bad the Blue is a .25 Bar

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Paul <wognacious@gmail.com> wrote:

> Point well taken, I must say I do have to agree with that logic. On a 
> more Vanagon related note I recently wrote, erroneously, about an oil 
> pressure switch issue. It was regarding a 1.9L and now I'm finding 
> that there are two switches that will allegedly work in that location 
> between the push rod tubes. There is a .3 Bar (Brown) and a 2.5 Bar 
> (Blue) the latter is said to eliminate the "idiot light" blinking 
> issue. What is the general consensuses on this? Is the Brown or Blue one correct or does it even matter?
> Wondering in Tracy
> Pablo R 85 WWW
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Apr 9, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Paul wrote:
>>
>> > They should let Westy owners, and others, bring our rigs to the 
>> > dealer
>> and
>> > do a weekend exchange kinda deal. We leave our Westys as 
>> > collateral,
>> more
>> > or less, and they let us "Demo" their unit on a weekend jaunt. It 
>> > would
>> be
>> > very interesting to see what the opinion of the vehicle would be 
>> > then..........
>>
>> Just my $0.02 here, but….. I think that's too weak of an inferred 
>> position to take. I think that "we", the public that "they" are being 
>> targeted with "their"
>> marketing $$$, have the power-position, and should just walk in and 
>> suggest that we get to drive their demo's for a weekend, rather than 
>> their sales staff.
>>
>> bob
>
>
>