Oil pressure switch cutoff

May 27, 2004 2 Replies

I had to replace the oil pressure switch on my 1974 SB, stock engine.



The original was gray, the new one white, from a local auto parts store.



I drive the rig around town for a couple of months, then I take the rig out on the highway and 30 miles out of town, goodness, red light at every stop sign even though there is 20/50 oil in it. I had driven during the previous summer out on the highway with no effect.



Naturally, I had thrown the old switch away so I can't test to see if it is the switch and not something suddenly wrong with the motor.



Called the VW dealer (70+ miles away) The parts person 'remembered' the switch as being blue-gray, but now they are white too.



And nobody has the specs on the switch.



Are there two of them out there, one set for higher cutoff than the other?


I think the switch is set to go off at 7 psi or less.

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Well, I tracked down an old style switch from a friend, ran the oil temp up to 235 deg (7 mile grade at 70 mph) and no red light at the stop signs.

So I guess the new switch is set at some higher level, maybe 12 lbs.

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