Oil Pressure - VDO - Urgent!
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Oil Pressure - VDO - Urgent!
My Battery and Oil temp are both working. Slightly confused with this one!!!
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Gazza
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GazzaBangor said
Im not sure if there is any specific sender required on top of the oil filter housing for the pressure????
There is…..you need the sender to match the gauge.
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Any ideas where can one of these be obtained?
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ive got Audi 80 gauges in so if you need any help let me know.
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dreamydays said
I had the same problem when only the positive was connected, connected the ground wire to the sender on the side of the engine all works fine now. (Yellow wire in engine bay coming off the white block in fuse box)
ive got Audi 80 gauges in so if you need any help let me know.
Sounds about right, in general for gauges. I'd assumed you'd already correctly connected them up, and had done basic checks like checking earth, +12V feed, etc in which case the only remaining thing it can be is the sender. I don't know the electrical details, but I know the senders are different and need matching to the gauge, and are electrically different for the MFA too.
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dreamydays said
I had the same problem when only the positive was connected, connected the ground wire to the sender on the side of the engine all works fine now. (Yellow wire in engine bay coming off the white block in fuse box)
ive got Audi 80 gauges in so if you need any help let me know.
Sounds about right, in general for gauges. I'd assumed you'd already correctly connected them up, and had done basic checks like checking earth, +12V feed, etc in which case the only remaining thing it can be is the sender. I don't know the electrical details, but I know the senders are different and need matching to the gauge, and are electrically different for the MFA too.
I now only have the posotive connected due to having no sender. But when connected to the standard sender on top of the oil filter it throws a wobbly! Jumping around everywhere. Tell me, what does the yellow wire going into a sender on the right hand side of the engine block - Under rocker cover and above the water pipe?
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The place you've described is the stock location for the oil temperature gauge as fitted to GTIs. Its quite possible its an oil pressure switch, or oil pressure gauge, since they all go into the same thing - an oil channel. But its sender has different electrical properties to the Audi 80.
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Infact, I've used other gauges, ie smiths with no problem. Its not rocket science.
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paul_c said
There should be 3 connections on the back of the gauge - -ve (earth), +12V and G which goes to the single terminal on the sender.
The place you've described is the stock location for the oil temperature gauge as fitted to GTIs. Its quite possible its an oil pressure switch, or oil pressure gauge, since they all go into the same thing - an oil channel. But its sender has different electrical properties to the Audi 80.
I agree mate the sender on top of the oil filter is the oil temp sender.
i didn't know the audi 80 gauge is different to the stock golf one though so does that mean it wont work properly/give out wrong readings?
The sender on the right of the engine exactly where you described is the oil pressure switch 1.8bar, there is another oil pressure switch 0.3bar with a Blu\Blk wire coming off it (sorry cant remember where it is in bay) but i never could get a reading on the gauge using that (guessing its not made for a gauge, maybe used for the MFA??)
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dreamydays said
paul_c said
There should be 3 connections on the back of the gauge - -ve (earth), +12V and G which goes to the single terminal on the sender.
The place you've described is the stock location for the oil temperature gauge as fitted to GTIs. Its quite possible its an oil pressure switch, or oil pressure gauge, since they all go into the same thing - an oil channel. But its sender has different electrical properties to the Audi 80.
I agree mate the sender on top of the oil filter is the oil temp sender.
i didn't know the audi 80 gauge is different to the stock golf one though so does that mean it wont work properly/give out wrong readings?
The sender on the right of the engine exactly where you described is the oil pressure switch 1.8bar, there is another oil pressure switch 0.3bar with a Blu\Blk wire coming off it (sorry cant remember where it is in bay) but i never could get a reading on the gauge using that (guessing its not made for a gauge, maybe used for the MFA??)
Thanks guys! So does that mean I need the Audi 80 oil pressure sender or not?
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How do I get the oil temp on MFA working as well as the VDO?
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Gaz
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LMA050/M 1
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only £7.90 with postage
This should help give a clearer idea.
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