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what oil pressure.........
Posted: 17 Mar 2008, 11:25
by shepster
......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.
Posted: 17 Mar 2008, 12:07
by VWCamperfan
Those figures sound fine to me. Should be ok for many more miles hopefully!
Posted: 17 Mar 2008, 12:33
by shepster
Cheers for that, i hope so.
Posted: 17 Mar 2008, 19:03
by andysimpson
vw state 2 bar at 2000rpm at 80 degrees.
Posted: 19 Mar 2008, 09:43
by shepster
Many thanks, looks like it's ok at the moment.
Posted: 19 Mar 2008, 10:40
by toomanytoys
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
Posted: 19 Mar 2008, 13:33
by shepster
Good point, how would i go about getting this done?
Where would the reading be taken from?
Posted: 19 Mar 2008, 16:09
by toomanytoys
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!!
Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 07:42
by shepster
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).