Re: dual sender question

["eric tomorrow" <eric_rocco@hotmail.com>]

and be careful threading that sender in, the last thing you want to do is 
crossthread that sender like i did.


\eric tomorrow
'87 scirocco 16v
'69 bradley gt

cobra racing
~philadelphia~

any emails to me directly can be sent to: etomorrow@mlcrew.com
i check that account more often than i do this one.
thanks.



>Not only was the correct sender replaced, but was the correct pole of
>the dual pressure sender used?  There's usually a tiny engraved
>pressure range on the senders, written in bar.  Look at the one you
>took off, and match it to the correct pole on the new one.
>
>==Brett
>
>
>
>>Did you replace the correct sender?  VWs use 2 oil pressure senders, one
>>turns the light on when it's grounded the other turns the light on when 
>>it's
>>an open circuit.  On the 8v one is on the head, the other is by the oil
>>filter, I think it's different on the 16v though.  Not sure which one the
>>Audi sender uses, but try switching it with the other oil sender and see 
>>if
>>that works.
>>
>>Kenneth
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Mr.Eddy" <eperson@students.uiuc.edu>
>>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 3:10 PM
>>Subject: dual sender question
>>
>>
>> > In preparation for the installation of a 3-guage panel from an Audi, I
>> > installed a dual pressure sender today, along with a new temp. sender.
>> > Since i havent got the guages installed yet, i just hooked up the old
>> > pressure warning light wire to the dual sender and left the other post
>> > open.  Now the oil light flashes constantly.  Does the guage wire need 
>>to
>> > be hooked up as well for the light to go off?  Or did i just get a bad
>> > sender again.  The sender is off of a Audi 4k quattro, and i believe it 
>>is
>> > a 5 bar sender.  I had the same problem last fall with the oil light 
>>after
>> > i intalled a different sender out of another Audi.
>> > What's the deal?
>> >
>> > Eric Person
>> > 86.5 16v
>
>\/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
>\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '92 Passat 16v (Winter+) | - brett@netacc.net
>
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