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It was definitely a electrical issue. Now i've disconnected the wire from the alternator to stop the buzzer and fitted a oil pressure gauge.



I quite like the buzzer as its did stop me dead in my tracks on two occasions when i had oil leaks.

God knows whats up with it - is the solution a new dash pod?

Fitted the wires to the water sensor - now the temp needle runs to the right of the LED so i might have to stick a resistor in line to bring it back a bit - no idea what value of resistor though. Will borrow a selection from work and play around a bit....

Thanks for the help on my threads and PM's etc it is much appreciated.

Engine sounds like a dream and im very pleased. I hope thats me done with engine changes for a while....

Ringo

You might be able to find out what the resitance fig's are for the temp sender in the aaz and then the original one and work it out from there?? Not that it will help but I had to use a 29 ohm one for the scooby to vw one!

Am presuming that's stone cold below Ringo



What do you get hot at say 4,000 rpm and what does the idle drop to?

Mocki would probably know what to look at to sort your buzzer malfunction

I hope thats me done with engine changes for a while....

Yes, isn't it a nice feeling

HarryMann wrote:Am presuming that's stone cold below Ringo

Yes

I will let you know tomorrow when i take it for a spin...

Ring

jamesc76 wrote:You might be able to find out what the resitance fig's are for the temp sender in the aaz and then the original one and work it out from there?? Not that it will help but I had to use a 29 ohm one for the scooby to vw one!

Good idea Jim - its interesting that you only had to add 29 ohms - its a lot more sensitive than i though.

Ringo

good to see you've gone down the "worry clocks" route ringo!

mrhutch wrote:good to see you've gone down the "worry clocks" route ringo!

I resisted for a while - but i had to in the end due to the buzzer of doom going off constantly for no reason whatsoever....

Would quite like an oil temp pressure too now

Ringo

I resisted for a while -

= ...but clive's nagging finally got to me

Hee hee.

Well, when up to temp it goes to 5.1 bar at 4k and drops to 1.2 bar at idle.

Runs like dream. So much quieter than the old one.

I'd still like to get the bod working again though - I'll crash if I look ar the gauge all the time!

Worryclocks indeed.

Ringo

I dont have a bod any more and havent since fitting the scooby lump, dont worry your little cotton socks it be fine!!

jamesc76 wrote:dont worry your little cotton socks it be fine!!

Im a worrier James - i cant help it

Cheers,

Ringo