leaky oil pressure gauge
leaky oil pressure gauge
oil gauge leak behind the dash. Anybody have luck fitting an electric pressure sender where the oil pressure sender line comes out of the engine? Anyone know the pipe fitting size? Maybe there's a better location to tap into? I'd like to use VDO but there may be a higher quality option for an electric sender hanging off the bottom of a diesel engine. thanks....
Why not replace the gauge or fix it? Cracked gauges usually just need to be resoldered at the base of the bourdon tube.
I would love to throw a piece of painted aluminum in there that holds the original speedo tach/clock and room for three or so aftermarket guages.........100 psi oil pressure, oil temperature, water temperature, fuel level.... I wish there was a guage cluster conversion kit for this car because like charmalu said the new guage cluster is many hundreds. love to have an extra cluster to mess with so I can know my readings in the meantime.
I have a spare but it reads in *F and psi instead of *C and bar. Functionally identical.
if you insist on going the electric sender route,
I recommend getting a relocation kit. you can find them for VW's and other makes. you'll get 12 or so inches of braided hose to go from the oil filter housing to the firewall. and then get a VDO sender that matches the range of the gauge you install.
if it were my car, I'd just fix the system that's there - it's easy to replace the hose and as the other guys suggest, it might be easy to fix the gauge too. and you end up with a nice, OEM looking setup.
The G-wagen has an electric gauge so I had to do the relocation kit when I installed the 617A
here's the plan..... oil pressure gauge will go in the overhead console that's coming in the mail with a relocation kit. Oil pressure will read 0 in the stock location but at least i'll have a stock instrument panel to look at. A modern gauge will tell me the real oil pressure, and the old gauge will just be disconnected and the oil behind the dash cleaned up as best as possible. Thanks for the help guys..
is this the sender relocation kit?
http://store.42draftdesigns.com/VW-Oil-P...p_314.html
I want 42's oil catch! http://www.42draftdesigns.com/categories...hcans.html
(07-13-2010, 05:52 PM)Captain America I want 42's oil catch! http://www.42draftdesigns.com/categories...hcans.html
(07-13-2010, 05:52 PM)Captain America I want 42's oil catch! http://www.42draftdesigns.com/categories...hcans.html
hope you don't mind Captian I reposted your link on this thread:
http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/home...-t-12.html
some good thread
(07-13-2010, 05:59 PM)rdirtycar(07-13-2010, 05:52 PM)Captain America I want 42's oil catch! http://www.42draftdesigns.com/categories...hcans.html
buy me that
I heard the MANN pro-vent 200 works too
(07-13-2010, 07:18 PM)rdirtycar hope you don't mind Captian I reposted your link on this thread:
http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/home...-t-12.html
some good thread
(07-13-2010, 05:59 PM)rdirtycar(07-13-2010, 05:52 PM)Captain America I want 42's oil catch! http://www.42draftdesigns.com/categories...hcans.html
buy me that
I heard the MANN pro-vent 200 works too
(07-13-2010, 07:18 PM)rdirtycar hope you don't mind Captian I reposted your link on this thread:
http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/home...-t-12.html
some good thread
Did you just say meow? What do I look like a cat jumping all mimby bimbly like from tree to tree drinking milk from a saucer?
(07-13-2010, 11:13 PM)Captain America(07-13-2010, 05:59 PM)rdirtycar(07-13-2010, 05:52 PM)Captain America I want 42's oil catch! http://www.42draftdesigns.com/categories...hcans.html
buy me that
I heard the MANN pro-vent 200 works too
Lol, easy there caveman! Your pic looks like one too haahhaha
(07-13-2010, 07:18 PM)rdirtycar hope you don't mind Captian I reposted your link on this thread:
http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/home...-t-12.html
some good thread
Hey yeah no Prob! I'm gonna go read that beehotch right meow!
Dirty, I added another link I just found a couple days ago to the oil separator thread.
(07-13-2010, 11:13 PM)Captain America(07-13-2010, 05:59 PM)rdirtycar(07-13-2010, 05:52 PM)Captain America I want 42's oil catch! http://www.42draftdesigns.com/categories...hcans.html
buy me that
I heard the MANN pro-vent 200 works too
Lol, easy there caveman! Your pic looks like one too haahhaha
(07-13-2010, 07:18 PM)rdirtycar hope you don't mind Captian I reposted your link on this thread:
http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/home...-t-12.html
some good thread
Hey yeah no Prob! I'm gonna go read that beehotch right meow!
Dirty, I added another link I just found a couple days ago to the oil separator thread.
How can somebody confuse movies like Flash Gordon and Running Man?
Yeah meow throws people for a loop everytime haha
One good thing about using the electronic sender setup is an idiot light. I wouldnt mind someone getting this working. I think there was a thread on peach part a while ago.
An electric sender is a variable resistor. You'd need a separate pressure switch to trip a light.
Yeah there was a thread... Basically it used the sender from a older chev SBC
On my Vanagon I had a VDO oil pressure sender with two posts, one for the gauge, the other for a warning light AND a buzzer. According to me, it's not an idiot light if there's a gauge too, it's a warning light. The buzzer can get annoying under certain circumstances, like under hood maintenance.
(07-16-2010, 11:30 AM)rdirtycar The buzzer can get annoying under certain circumstances, like under hood maintenance.
(07-16-2010, 11:30 AM)rdirtycar The buzzer can get annoying under certain circumstances, like under hood maintenance.
(07-16-2010, 02:36 PM)ForcedInduction(07-16-2010, 11:30 AM)rdirtycar The buzzer can get annoying under certain circumstances, like under hood maintenance.
You should tap the alternator light system (field coil), that way the buzzer only operates if the engine is running.
(07-16-2010, 02:36 PM)ForcedInduction(07-16-2010, 11:30 AM)rdirtycar The buzzer can get annoying under certain circumstances, like under hood maintenance.
You should tap the alternator light system (field coil), that way the buzzer only operates if the engine is running.
Yeah those lines are ridiculous in the fact that they seem to just fail and leave you with a smoked motor... I would rather just a red light that lights up on the dash myself, like a red LED. It wouldn't use any power, wouldn't buzz at you but be bright enough to notice if something fails
I had the horn wired to the oil pressure sender for about five minutes before I used a buzzer behind the dash. Figured it would warn me if the car was idling outside. A little more complicated circuitry would allow that. I leave the Benz idling outside for 10-15 minutes at a time. That'd be nice.
oil pressure warning stuff
http://tinyurl.com/2agys27
http://tinyurl.com/22oa23n
http://tinyurl.com/33uj7qa
Definitely need pics of those parts and the new setup!
I sure will. It's been mostly cleaning and dismantling so far. I took a week off from work to get this done quickly. My tooth brush is on the sink outside the garage. I haven't shaved for the longest time in years. Expect a full report when I finally get to sit at the computer.
(08-06-2010, 09:12 PM)rdirtycar I sure will. It's been mostly cleaning and dismantling so far. I took a week off from work to get this done quickly. My tooth brush is on the sink outside the garage. I haven't shaved for the longest time in years. Expect a full report when I finally get to sit at the computer.
(08-06-2010, 09:12 PM)rdirtycar I sure will. It's been mostly cleaning and dismantling so far. I took a week off from work to get this done quickly. My tooth brush is on the sink outside the garage. I haven't shaved for the longest time in years. Expect a full report when I finally get to sit at the computer.
oh haha
(08-05-2010, 07:41 AM)rdirtycar Stewart Warner part number 7011546 converts the oil filter housing to M-10. Then there is another adapter from M-10 to the NPT for 42draftdesign.com oil sender relocation kit hose to the kit's manifold that holds a 150psi sender with M-10 threads. That's how I'm doing it.Before anyone goes and tries the Stewart Warner gauge adapter, let me try an idea I have with a 12x1.5mm banjo connection and some tubing running to a tee that for now can hold my sender and some day connect to a bypass oil filter. There is just no sealing surface on the little adapter. There is no shoulder for a crush washer and the threads are not tapered at all.
Electric oil pressure gauge where the sun visor was.
(08-05-2010, 07:41 AM)rdirtycar Stewart Warner part number 7011546 converts the oil filter housing to M-10. Then there is another adapter from M-10 to the NPT for 42draftdesign.com oil sender relocation kit hose to the kit's manifold that holds a 150psi sender with M-10 threads. That's how I'm doing it.Before anyone goes and tries the Stewart Warner gauge adapter, let me try an idea I have with a 12x1.5mm banjo connection and some tubing running to a tee that for now can hold my sender and some day connect to a bypass oil filter. There is just no sealing surface on the little adapter. There is no shoulder for a crush washer and the threads are not tapered at all.
Electric oil pressure gauge where the sun visor was.
I wanna run a bypass filter too
Pictures of everything!