[Vwdiesel] Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] VDO oil press senders

[Conway, Alan (IT)]

 I put the VDO dual terminal pressure sender on my 1.6L Gas type II and
my VW vanagon 1.6L diesel and it operated the light on the dash and the
guage and it worked great from 1991 to 2001 when I removed it as I
donated the van to charity - same sender, just transferred it (mine
guage was in bars and not PSI). I bought it from a VDO agent in South
Africa and I still have it at home somewhere. If you need me to look
arround for it and see if it has a part number on let me know.

Alan Conway 

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From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
On Behalf Of Roger Brown
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 11:08 AM
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Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] VDO oil press senders

Shawn Wright wrote:
> 
> Any experts on the list regarding VDO oil pressure senders?
> 
> I just bought a VDO electric O/P gauge off Ebay - it was listed as 
> being for Ford/Chevy (?) so I assume this means it uses the "US" Ohm 
> range as per e-gauges.com. The part # shown on the box (it hasn't 
> arrived yet) does not match anything I can find, so I assume it is old
stock.
> 
> 1. Is there a quick way to verify the "ohm" range or is it usually 
> marked on the gauge?
> 2. What is the thread size for the cyl head pressure sensor (and the 
> oil filter flange sensor - they are the same I think)?
> 3. Has anyone tried the dual output senders, which are designed to 
> trigger the oil light on most vehicles? They don't say what the 
> trigger pressure is for these switches.
> My only experience is with mechanical pressure gauges, and I've always

> just removed the cyl head pressure switch and stuck the mech line on 
> there. This will be for my Vanagon diesel (stock 1.6 for now), so I'm 
> not sure I want to remove the stock pressure switch.

Usually M10x1.0, try http://www.egauges.com/ for senders, etc.  Yes, I
run a dual output oil pressure sender, works great, one hole w/ two
funstions.  And you could probably try to hook up a resistance and power
supply to the meter and see what makes it read full scale.

--
   Roger
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