[Vwdiesel] Re: oil pressure gauge questions

[Brian or Pam Harrison]

Hi Shalyn;
You may try checking out the VDO website at www.vdona.com to
see what they might have available. I used a VDO 10 BAR oil
pressure gauge in my 1980 Rabbit diesel years ago and I had a
VDO dual input sensor that let me keep the stock warning light and
run the gauge as well.
Regards;
Brian

Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada
roseland at ns.sympatico.ca
"VW Diesel Driver Since 1978"
63 Type 2
72 Beetle
85 Jetta GL td 615,000km
95 Passat GLS td wagon 256,000km
97 Jetta GL TDI 139,000km
www3.ns.sympatico.ca/roseland


> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 23:17:12 -0500
> From: Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net>
> Organization: FlashNet User
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] oil pressure gauge questions
>
>  It's happened a couple times recently that I've been
> driving down the road and the only sound scarier than an EKG
> flatline has bolted me out of my traffic induced coma--the
> oil pressure buzzer.  After I careen over to the side of the
> road and shut down the engine the oil sensor is silent on
> re-start.  I'm thinking it's a failure of the high pressure
> sensor again.  I'd like to find a real gauge and stick it in
> there.  Nifty modifications aren't Bentley's strong suit,
> though.  I know that I want an electrical gauge not the
> mechanical kind and that VDO gauges don't die suddenly on
> start-up like the cheap kind in the
> Autozone/O'Reiley's/etc.  What I don't know is what thread
> of sender I need, and I'm also wondering if it's possible to
> rig up some kind of T-junction so I can plumb in both the
> factory gauge with the useful buzzer and a gauge that gives
> me real pressure values.
>
>  Thanks.
>
>  -Shalyn
>
>  '85 Jetta TD
>  264,000 mi.
>