Re: Guages <ELECTRICAL or MECH>

[trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C. Meze)]

At 11:37 AM 2/26/97 EST, you wrote:
>     Ok, in the realm of Oil Pressure which do people prefer.  The 
>     Elictrical kind that rely on a sender which can go bad or the 
>     mechanical bulbous (SP) type?  Does VDO make both?


In oil pressure, I like electrical for 2 main reasons.

1) Easy to install
2) If the little hose comes off in the dash, you dont get oil leaking inside the 
car and all that junk. 

I once races an Alcohol Funnycar  (Back in the 80's. Im old) that this actually 
happened. Oil everywhere inside the cockpit and I thought for sure the motor had 
blown, except it was still pulling hard, I was just waiting for the fire. 
Anyway, its not likely that this scenerio will happen, its just one of those 
things that sets your mind and thats it. No more mechanical oil pressure gauges. 
In a regular car, my fear is you can have a leak anywhere in that little line 
and you wont know it until your got a huge puddle or the while underside of the 
dash is saturated (whats that smell?) with the synthetic stuff. If the sender 
fails, so what, replace it. No mess, no hastle. its just less of a potential 
problem. 
OK? 



Shawn
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