I don't think it's possible to do with the stock sensors, which just switch
on/off at a set pressure. You need something that would read variable
pressure and send it to an instrument calibrated to show it to you
correctly.

Jim

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was hoping to find an electrical oil gauge to work off the existing
> vanagon pressure switches,
> Either the high or low pressure switch
>
> Dennis Jowell
> Scotch Hollow Farm
>
>
> On Nov 10, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Someone on the diesel vanagon group recently posted a link to a van-cafe
> oil pressure kit that works mechanically. Installation seemed like it was
> for a diesel, but no reason it couldn't be installed on any engine that
> took a vw-sized sensor.
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Wiring looks ok now. I'll check again tomorrow when the sun comes out.
>> Where can I get a good oil pressure gauge for my van it on that is
>> electrically operated. Not too familiar with brand names. Hopefully I can
>> find a kit that looks nice below the dash.Stewart Warner or VDO units?
>>
>>
>> Dennis Jowell
>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>>
>>
>> > On Nov 10, 2014, at 12:07 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > The wire coming from the oil pressure switch by the pulleys should be a
>> brown wire. It comes up and meets with another brown wire from the other
>> oil switch at a 2 pin connector by the thermostat housing. It is common for
>> there to be a bad connection inside that 2 pin connector. Open it up and
>> look closely. The other side of the 2 pin connector should have a yellow
>> wire and a blue/black wire. The brown wire from the oil switch in question
>> MUST connect to the yellow wire. Sometimes the connector gets so damaged
>> that someone cuts it out and splices the wires to each other. If that has
>> happened then it is vital to make sure that the right wires got joined.
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> > Dennis Jowell wrote:
>> >> I checked the connection which seems ok. My thought that the harness
>> is so,old and brittle that a short happened or does happen so often?
>> Feeling the wire by hand the area that rides close to,the engine in more
>> brittle than the rest of the harness. Although the insulation is intact
>> >>
>> >> Dennis Jowell
>> >> Scotch Hollow Farm
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>
>