testing oil pressure switches

[James Marriott]

> I'm testing four oil pressure switches, one 1.8 tests ok per
procedure in
> Bentley. (I'm applying air pressure with an Oxygen tank and
regulator.)

Errr, using oxygen with a fuel present (like the residue inside
the switch) is an explosive hazard. Depending on what you are
mixing the O2 with, you can get autoignition at room temperaure.
That's why the oxygen equipment says "USE NO OIL," to keep people
from dying. Naturally, YMMV.

cu, James Marriott
'87 4kq (alias "late-B2 90q") with rare NG engine, 181k
'89 200q (MC1, ProconTen/no bag, 1.8 blah blah), 132k
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