

| Subject: | Re: Cold start oil pressure |
| From: | OlRivrRat |
| Date: | Tue, 11 May 2021 23:38:24 -0600 |
They will work just fine as long as You Can Avoid getting an Air Bubble between the Sender & the Fluid ~ > On 11 May , 2021, at 11:11 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > I’d like that explained to me. I mean the problem of having an oil pressure sender on a tube. > > I’m not being coy, I mean it. Purely mechanical oil pressure gauges are at the end of a tube, why not an electrical sender? > > Alistair > >> On May 11, 2021, at 9:42 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> IMHO, placing a Sender/Sensor, be it Pressure or Temp, @ the end of a Dead End Tube >> >> is a Very Bad Idea > In the case of a Temp Sensor it could be next to impossible to get Fluid >> >> to it that is Relevant & in the case of Pressure,, If You happen to end up with an Air Bubble >> >> Trapped Between the Fluid & the Sensor You Most Probably May Not get Accurate Readings ~ >> >> ORR ~ DeanB >> >>> On 10 May , 2021, at 9:43 PM, Gene P <olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>> >>> Hey folks, >>> 87 Wolfsburg 2.1, original everything >>> I don’t think this is a problem, I’m just wanting to learn something. >>> For years I’ve had VDO oil pressure and temp gauges, senders on a sandwich adaptor at the oil filter. Start-up pressure has been just under 80, right at the top of the gauge, in any season. >>> >>> As part of a recent project, I pulled the sender between the pushrod tubes and put that with the VDO sender on a tee about 7 inches forward of that port. Now start-up pressure is about 55-57. Would moving the sender in that manner cause a change, or that much change, in the reading? >>> >>> The other change I made (burying the lead I think) is switching from Castrol 20W/50 to Mobil1 15/50 for the first time. Does synthetic oil make that much difference in start-up pressure? >
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