Scott, the sender that feeds my VDO oil pressure gauge also feeds the dynamic oil pressure monitoring lamp.  I have two senders, one for low rpm and one for high rpm, per stock, but one of them also feeds the gauge.  BTW, I have read (and someone on here also made this claim) that VDO gauges are only so-so in accuracy, particular the oil temperature gauges.  If I do decide to install an air type, coil oil cooler, I probably will get an oil thermometer, but perhaps from this source:

http://www.dakotadigital.com/

Don't KNOW if it's is better than VDO, but some folks who claim to know seem to think so.  Perhaps you have some insight into this.

DMc

---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
> hi,
> you mean how to install the guages ?
>
> pretty basic,
> bit unusual, compared to most engines, taping into the oil sender location
> between the push rod tubes under the left cylinder head on a waterboxer
> engine.
> I have two metal line set ups ...one is a steel brake line with fittings.
> Need to come out with a pipe or line to mount senders to.  Going to have at
> least the old OP Switch, and a pressure sender, ..a golf ball size gizmo to
> talk to an electric oil press. gauge..so need to accomdate at least two
> sensors there ...old OP sw. and new guage sender.
>
> I have used a grease gun hose to tap into the oil switch location before as
> well. Worked well for years actually.
>
> for an oil temp ....I might weld a boss into the bottom of the oil filler
> tube, and sender screws into that.  Easy to fab in metal pipe like that.
> Might not be 'the perfect or ideal' ' temp sender location, but it's a nice
> way to tap into the sump oil without doing anything too weird to the engine.
> Rather not tap into the case , not yet anyway.
> ( There are  ones you can buy that are just a dipstick..
> so you have a dipstick with a wire coming off it....kinda of an air-cooled
> Bug thing, but I don't like that idea.)
>
> check out the VDO guages on egauges.com
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 3:36 PM
> Subject: Re: 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
>
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 14:26 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> >> being able to monitor oil temp and pressure .....knowing those are
> >> within
> >> reasonable limits, would reduce the stressful feeling of pushing the
> >> poor
> >> thing up long hot hills, if those #'s stay in a good range.
> >
> > Scott -- I, too, would like to know how my 1.9 is doing on them long,
> > hot, lonely hills. Any chance we can get you to post a how-to for the
> > oil pressure and temp monitoring setup? Something the simpler of us
> > could follow?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rocky J Squirrel
> >
> >
> >

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David McNeely