Wiring VDO oil pressure gauge & sender...

[4gearwonder]

Hi all,

As usual, appreciate if anyone can help with this one please

Checked previous threads, but didn't find anything that quite matched this one

Engine is a 1.9 diesel, 1Y (85 van, Seat engine though!). Have got 5 bar VDO gauge and MK1 Golf sender that I'm going to put in place of existing hi pressure switch on the oil filter housing.

Just not sure what connects to what though? Sender has two contacts marked 'G' and 'WK'. The gauge has got 3 terninals which are:

a '+' (with 144 written below it?), something that looks like a G and the final one which looks like an upside down 'T' - assume that's the earth maybe?

If anyone's been and done this one, would appreciate any help with what bit goes to what please. PS. Do I need an inline fuse too?

Thanks a lot.

Brian

[Grun]

Brian,

My van has a 2.1DJ waterboxer, and I do not know the diesel layout at all...... but I have a wiring diagram for a sender of the type you describe, and the gauge.

G on the sender...........connects to G on the gauge.

WK on the sender stands for warning contact (Warnkontakt)
This would normally earth one side of an oil pressure warning light when the pressure drops far enough to trigger it, and bring the light on.

On the gauge..............+ is battery positive (through a fuse) G as above and the third connection is earth.

Dont know if you will run into the dreaded buzzer of doom syndrome by using the high pressure switch tapping though. On the Waterboxer an open circuit on the wire to the high pressure switch causes the buzzer to operate. Grounding the wire will prevent it operating at all.

Mike

[4gearwonder]

Thanks for your thoughts/knowledge on this one Mike. Much appreciated.

Will give this a go next weekend when I get some time to have fiddle about with it

Thanks a lot.



B