[s-cars] failed oil pressure switch

[Tom Green]

If that center plastic part blows out before you change it, you will  
lose
oil very quickly.  If it is seeping, the bond between the plastic and  
the
metal has failed and they could separate at any time.  This little  
switch
is inexpensive, so best to order two so you have a spare to plug that
hole instead of having to look for something.

Tom

> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:54:13 -0500
> From: Mike Fitton <rfitton at vt.edu>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] failed oil pressure switch
> To: Mark Strangways <StrangConst at rogers.com>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Message-ID: <47412505.50207 at vt.edu>
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> Weird.  Never ran across that one in my years of VW travels.  It's not
> coming out too fast and I don't have any great distances to travel
> before Thursday, but if it looks like the new one isn't going to get
> here before the end of this short business week, I'll run down to  
> Lowe's
> Racing and spend a few bucks of this pretend bonus of a gift card I  
> just
> got.
>
> I ran the engine briefly with the wire unplugged and it didn't seem to
> care.  Wasn't long enough to see any autocheck warnings though.  I bet
> that's the extent of its influence.
>
> -Cheers!
> Mike
>
> Mark Strangways wrote:
>> Oh yeah...
>> My daughters 2.0 L Jetta did just that.
>>
>> You can replace it with a 10mm fine thread and a copper washer for  
>> the
>> time being, and ground ( I think) the wire to clear any nags.
>>
>> Mark
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fitton" <rfitton at vt.edu>
>> To: "s-car" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 12:21 AM
>> Subject: [s-cars] failed oil pressure switch
>>
>>
>>> My oil pressure switch is spewing oil out of it, right around the  
>>> spade
>>> connector.  Already have a new one on order...just curious if anyone
>>> else has seen this before.  It's the single-wire guy on the block  
>>> just
>>> forward of the tube that holds the dipstick.
>>>
>>> -Cheers!
>>> Mike

>>>