Oil Pressure switch

[andysue]

Hi guys please can you help us out on this? I'm new to T25's so please be gentle!

I have a 1984 1.9 watercooled van and when I bought it a few weeks ago the oil warning light was U/S (when ignition was on red oil pressure light did not light).

I shorted the switch out to earth and the LED on the dash operated so concluded the oil pressure switch was faulty.

I sourced a replacement switch (black body) from GSF and once fitted the LED lit with the ignition on and extinguished a couple of seconds after the engine turned over. Confident the switch was working correctly I took the van out for a road test however 5 miles into the journey the light began to flicker before it eventually lighting up. I pulled over and checked the oil level and it was fine so continued to drive but it happened again.

Do you think I have fitted the correct switch or do I have a genuine oil pressure fault?

Any feedback would be great. Cheers.

[kevtherev]

wrong switch probably
you need this one..... unless you did buy this then we'll discuss it more

http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/shop?page=s ... ory_id=123" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[edoh]

is this the oil pressure switch between the push rods? do you just have the one switch?
any idea what bar the one you took off was?
muchchas info on the wiki on this -
including what colour switch replacement / what bar pressure - etc etc -

[edoh]

only a minute between the replies kev!therev!

a useful post might be -

https://club8090.co.uk/forum./viewtopic.php?f=37&t=95503" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[andysue]

Thanks Guys, I have ordered the new switch from the link, going to fit it at the weekend I will let you know how I get on ... Thanks again