[s-cars] Re; Adding Oil pressure gauge to 95 S6

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

>By the time you see and react to a pressure gage the light has come on and
it's too late anyway.  The rest of the time
>someone is always asking "why is the oil pressure so low, or why is the oil
pressure so high?".  :-)

I guess I have had two experiences with engines where things inside have
come "apart" and I could see the effects in the oil pressure gauge under
extreme conditions, i.e. hard braking or acceleration before the engine had
any damage done to it.

I learned my lesson the hard way when I torqued an oil pump bolt in my very
first engine rebuild to the value that the chilton's manual
suggested....even as my first rebuild I had a bad feeling when I was doing
it but didn't know any better.  Without any oil pressure gauge to tell me
something was happening, the first time I knew that my oil pump was backing
out was when my main bearings alerted me to the problem.  Toasted one nice
steel crank and lots of machine work in a 350 Chevy I had put together with
baseball card sales and lawn cutting money....hey, I was 16 :)  It was a
hard lesson to learn especially when you have such little money.  Ever since
then I have ALWAYS had oil pressure gauges in my car unless they were dead
bone stock, and even then it makes me very nervous, i.e. my stupid A6 2.7T.
On the bright side it did enable me to break into the 13's since the cast
crank I had lying around was a little lighter piece and the clearances
checked out better than the steel one :)

--Calvin


-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Tom Green
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 3:47 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com; petergolledge at gmail.com
Subject: [s-cars] Re; Adding Oil pressure gauge to 95 S6


Congratulations to your wife, Peter.

This subject comes up every couple of years, mostly with a plan to
eliminate the clock, but I think most soon weary of the prospect of
trashing the instrument cluster or other dash areas.  The ash tray
or under has been transformed into an auxiliary gage panel that can
be close to the OEM panel.  Choosing the right gage is part of the key
as well so it appears stock.

A boost gage is what you really want and need.  The A-pillar pod is the
favorite for that option.  I suppose you could put a oil pressure
gage there
too, but you don't  have oil quantity either, which is the
predominant reason
most folks don't have any oil pressure.:-)  By the time you see and
react to
a pressure gage the light has come on and it's too late anyway.  The
rest of
the time someone is always asking "why is the oil pressure so low, or
why is
the oil pressure so high?".  :-)

Look here for some installations:    < http://www.2bennett.com/>  If
you are in
the area, go see them.  They are great Audi folks.  No affiliation,etc.

Just my $.02

Tom  '95 S6
           '95 S6 avant


Original message:
> Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 14:29:54 -0600
> From: "Peter Golledge" <petergolledge at gmail.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Adding Oil pressure gauge to 95 S6
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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>
> Listers,
>
> My wife's "new" daily driver is an 95.5 S6 Avant, the only thing
> that bugs
> her (and me.) is that it has no oil pressure gauge.   The 89 200TQA
> had this
> as does the LT-1Q.
>
> Any BTDT on adding a new gauge?  I mounted an Autometer unit into
> the LT-1Q
> but I did not mind "modifying" the console in a mostly track car.
> I am
> considering using the "spare" switch area for the Gauge end of things.
> Where is the best point to tap in a pressure sensor to the oil system?
>
> Regards
> --
> Peter Golledge



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