what oil pressure.........

Post by **shepster** » 17 Mar 2008, 11:25

......should i be getting?

I have fitted a dual sender and VDO gauge in order to monitor the oil pressure in my recently installed 2.1 motor, the gauge i have measures in bar rather than psi so what should it be reading?

On start up i get around 4bar which drops to around 2bar when warm and about 1bar when idling, is this ok?

Cheers.

Post by **VWCamperfan** » 17 Mar 2008, 12:07

Those figures sound fine to me. Should be ok for many more miles hopefully!

Post by **shepster** » 17 Mar 2008, 12:33

Cheers for that, i hope so.

Post by **andysimpson** » 17 Mar 2008, 19:03

vw state 2 bar at 2000rpm at 80 degrees.

Post by **shepster** » 19 Mar 2008, 09:43

Many thanks, looks like it's ok at the moment.

Post by **toomanytoys** » 19 Mar 2008, 10:40

Would be worth getting a seperate check done and comparing the readings (at the same time) so as to "calibrate" your gauge and sender....

1 bar = 14.5 psi

Post by **shepster** » 19 Mar 2008, 13:33

Good point, how would i go about getting this done?

Where would the reading be taken from?

Post by **toomanytoys** » 19 Mar 2008, 16:09

normally where the original oil light switch fits in between the pushrod tubes, (is this where you have fitted the sender? on an extension tube I presume..) a garage should be able to assist.. or maybe a member etc is near that can help out!!

Post by **shepster** » 20 Mar 2008, 07:42

That's where i fitted the new sender, i had a braided hose made up and mounted it on the bottom tinware.

Could the second sender be used for checking the pressure (the one by the pulley).