oil pressure

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

According to the Bentley, the oil pressure warning light system is not
adjustable.
(ref Cabby/'Roc manual, pg 3-34)

Larry   sandiego16V
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Ewing <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>
To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: oil pressure


> That is where my sender is and I haven't had any problems with it!  If
your
> alarm is sounding when you first start the car then it sounds like the
> control unit may be questionable or you are using too heavy oil OR it is
> just COLD up there!!  Either way, probably not a problem since your oil
> pressure system is designed to sense pressure that's too high or too low.
I
> don't know how to tweak the control unit but maybe there is an adjustment
on
> there somewhere or you have a bad connection somewhere.  HTH!!
>
> Dave
>
> > Tim and list, I suspect that my oil pressure sender is installed in the
> > wrong spot. I recall that it is plugged into my euro oil filter mount.
The
> > buzzer keeps going for a few minutes until the car warms up. It is very
> > annoying. So, should this thing be installed up at the head? Or, is the
> > reading better to take from where it is now. Thanks.
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > > [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Tim at ND
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 3:54 PM
> > > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: re:oil pressure
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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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