Yay 3 gauge panel

[flaatr@yahoo.com (EUROROC II)]

That's about 1.25 bar... sound right from my old 8V days.

They are harder to find, I did though, but there are 10Bar VDO gauges out 
there. I could not stand seeing the gauge peg like that.

-Raffi

At 01:15 PM 3/16/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>noramlly I think oyu get about 20PSi at idle, well that is what I get
>anyways.
>
>Patrick
>
>=>-----Original Message-----
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>=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Rick Alexander
>=>Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 12:50 PM
>=>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>=>Subject: Re: Yay 3 gauge panel
>=>
>=>
>=>
>=>>snip Brad
>=>> I've got the same gauge for my '86 16v.  It's hooked up to the dual pole
>=>VDO
>=>> sender on top of the oil cooler.  I hope you're only seeing
>=>those numbers
>=>> when the engine is cold.  After it warms up, you should see
>=>around .5 bar
>=>at
>=>> idle and 2 bar at 2k rpm.   If that's not the case, double check the
>=>wiring
>=>> and the sender/gauge compatibility. If that still checks out, check the
>=>oil
>=>> pressure with a mechanical gauge.  Too much pressure is *not* a good
>=>thing.
>=>> un snip Brad
>=>
>=>Agreed that there can be too much pressure. But I'd be worried at
>=>0.5 BAR at
>=>idle. That's about 7 PSI. How old and tired is your bottom end?
>=>
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