oil pressure

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

As Tim points out the mechanical gauges tend to leak. I got tired of the oil
spots and installed a 100 psi electrical gauge.
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: Tim at ND <turbotim@newdimensions.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 3:53 PM
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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