low oil pressure?

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

The stock Scirocco idiot light senders won't work for your pressure gauge. They are simple switches that open or close at a set pressure.
You need a sender that changes resistance with changes in pressure.
If you still have the sender from the Audi all you need to do is find a place to screw it in. If not perhaps you can buy a new sender for the gauge.
Dan

From: "Don Walter" <dswalterwi@gmail.com>
To: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@verizon.net>
Cc: "Ben Walter" <toofast4you89@gmail.com>; "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: low oil pressure?


> We have an oil pressure gauge from my RIP '84 Audi's gauge panel.  It was an
> 8V.  Can we connect that gauge to one of the oil pressure switches to read
> the pressure.  Which one do we connect to?
> 
> 
> On 2/15/07, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Good idea to test your oil pressure with a new (to you) engine.
>> But the ticking noise could just be a bad lifter. My POS 16V makes the
>> ticking noise on startup every time.
>> You can either use an oil additive such as Rislone in an attempt to clean
>> out the lifter check valve and get it sealing again or you can replace the
>> offending lifters.
>> Again, good idea to check your oil pressure in any event.
>> Dan
>>
>> From: "Ben Walter" <toofast4you89@gmail.com>
>> To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:37 PM
>> Subject: low oil pressure?
>>
>>
>> > hello everyone,
>> >
>> >  to my horror i report a constant lifter "tick" noise upon start up of
>> car,
>> > for about 5-10 minutes.  this weekend i plan to hook up a pressure gauge
>> to
>> > test my fears.  any thoughts before i order a new pump?
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> Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> 1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
> 1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
> 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
> 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Beetle (sold)
>