oil pressure

[turbotim@newdimensions.com (Tim at ND)]

> From: Kervin Ridgley <kervinridgley@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [tech] OIl guage
> 
> When I posted that question on Vortex, the consensus was 0-100psi.
> ATS - Patrick Bureau wrote:
> > Anyone know what the proper Vdo cockpit guage would be for oil
> > pressure ? 0-100PSI? 0-150PSI ?

We prefer to use the 150 psi. But the 100 psi is fine also. Since when cold 
some of these cars will put out over 100 psi it would peg the gauge. No big deal 
but with the 150 it would not. On the other hand the spread is larger on the 100 
psi. VDO makes more semders for the 80 and 150 psi. VW used a 10 bar 
gauge on early cabrios and then switched to 5 bar on the later years. Since I 
have seen a check valve fail and caused excessive high pressure a few times 
over the years. The 150 psi gauge would spot this. Stick with an electrical 
gauge, the mechanical ones are not worth the problems and risk of having oil 
lines running inside the interior. 




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