Re: VDO gauge question.

[Eric L Ellis <elf16v@juno.com>]

And if by some accidet you had no oil in the car, an oil temp gauge would
have told you nothing.  On the other hand, an oil pressure gauge would
have alerted you if only a fraction of a second before you heard the
valves atappin'!  My point is, the oil temp gauge doesn't react to
changes as fast as a water temp gauge. But to hell with this, I can't
wait to have a reason to install a boost gauge!!!  I think I'll mount it
on the hood on the drivers side so I can watch the needle coil!

Eric
Good, bad...I'm the guy with the gun!
http://www.geocities.com/blitzkrieg16v/


On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:39:38 -0800 Randy Block <RandyB@E-Risk.com>
writes:
> I totally agree with Kevin here. IMHO The oil temp is the MOST 
> important
> gauge in the car. 
> Remember, the Oil is the lifeblood of the car.
> Example **Moved the Jetta 16V out of the garage, found another bad 
> radiator
> hose and didn't have a replacement. I had a couple hoses missing and 
> no
> coolant in the engine (only ran it about 1-1½ min.), not a problem.
> Try doing that with no oil in the engine......get my point.
> Just my $.02
> 
> Randy B
> Mars 81S - techtonics tuning 1847cc 8V
> Cosmos 81S - future project - dreaming of 200-220hp.
> 87 Jetta GLI 16V - daily driver 
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From:	Kevin Collins [SMTP:kcollins1@socal.rr.com]
> 	Sent:	Tuesday, December 19, 2000 7:30 PM
> 	To:	Eric L Ellis
> 	Cc:	scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> 	Subject:	Re: VDO gauge question.
> 
> 	Eric L Ellis wrote:
> 	 
> 	> I personally believe the oil temp to be a waste of space.  
> I've
> installed
> 	> (l to r) oil pressure, volt, water temp.
> 
> 	Really?  I consider it one of the most useful.. particularly 
> on cold
> start-
> 	up, watching for 180f before doing any serious flogging..
> 
> 	--
> 	Kevin Collins
> 	'86.5 16V 2.0
> 	'00 Passat GLS 1.8T
> 
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