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vanis13 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2010 Posts: 3100 Location: ABQ NM USA.... Except when not
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:46 am Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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[quote="andy52"]
looks very nice! _________________ 83.5 Westy with Subaru 2.5, 4 spd manual, center seat, COLD A/C on 134a!, Winter camp heated with an Espar B4 gasoline furnace
www.SuperVanagon.com - some stuff I make |
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revolution337 Samba Member
Joined: May 23, 2009 Posts: 372 Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:02 am Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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Installed Land Rover mirrors with VanGuy adapters.
_________________ 1982 Westfalia AEB 1.8t
2017 VW Golf Sportwagen
2001 Audi A4 4.2 V8 swapped
2000 BMW Z3 roadster
-Mark |
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bobbyblack Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2015 Posts: 4351 Location: United States, Iowa
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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Had my oil light start flashing and the buzzer on Friday, while cruising at freeway speeds.. Around 3800 RPM. This was after about an hour of freeway driving. Flipped the ignition off to kill the engine, and coasted to a stop on the siding. A quick look around came up with no immediate issues being obvious. Plenty of oil, engine not very hot, temp sensor sitting on top of engine case above the 3-4 side was around 155F. Temp needle agreed that engine temps were lowish.
There was an exit about 1/2 mile away, so I started it up and got to the exit, shutting down the engine and coasting as I got close to the exit. No strange engine noises, nothing unusual except the flasher and buzzer indicating oil issue.
Took my mat back out and laid down underneath for about 20 minutes, feeling around and looking at the oil pressure switch wires, etc. Noting obvious.
Probably a dumb thing, but I drove home, nothing happening like throwing a rod, etc.. Everything seemed good!!!
Had to dig in my pile of stuff not yet installed, found my RJE kit with electric OP sender, new .3 and .9 bar switches, drained oil, removed filter, and installed the kit. Wired the VDO OP gauge, and filled up with Mobile 1 synthetic 0W40 (not my usual Castrol 20W50) and new Mann filter.
On start, VDO gauge showed ~45 psi at idle for a while (outdoors temps were 85F today). As the oil warmed up the pressure started to fall, and when I hit the throttle a bit, the oil flasher and buzzer came back on. Pressure gauge being a new to me thing, I don't know what was happening previously when the flasher and buzzer were not going off.. Next, I will need to find a mechanical pressure gauge, and determine where to focus my attention. Hot OP is low, but not zero, I'll know how low when I find a mechanical gauge.
Question: if the pressure is ok, and the leads to the switches are ok, what else can cause the oil flasher/buzzer to go on like this? Blue Foil going bad?
-bobby _________________ '87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch |
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1971BugGuy Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 426 Location: Ontario, CANADA
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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I made some new door panels to go with the seat covers I made last spring.
(I ran out of high-heat adhesive so the driver door will have to wait until my Amazon order arrives)
_________________ Only a fool or a child would judge a project before it reaches its completion.
1971 Super Beetle
1986 Vanagon Westfalia Weekender |
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BCE56 Samba Member
Joined: July 16, 2013 Posts: 359 Location: So Cal
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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^^ Wow! _________________ =BCE56=
'86 Syncro tintop
EJ22, OBD II early SC adapter plate conversion
Side project: '69 Frankenbug "It's alive!" |
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dhaavers Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2010 Posts: 7757 Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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Yesterday: mostly tweaks to house battery...wired in controller for portable solar panel, connected
everything & I made electricity! Also added Bluetooth monitors & shore charger for both batteries.
Quality, productive van/garage time...
- Dave _________________ 86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
<EDITED TO PROTECT INNOCENT PIXELS> |
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jimf909 Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2014 Posts: 7473 Location: WA/ID
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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Spectacular!
_________________ - Jim
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Do not get killed, do not kill others.
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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andy52 Samba Member
Joined: December 17, 2019 Posts: 98 Location: Barcelona
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jlrftype7 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2018 Posts: 3582 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 4:57 pm Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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. X 2.
VERY impressive.... _________________ '68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto |
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djkeev Samba Moderator
Joined: September 30, 2007 Posts: 32630 Location: Reading Pennsylvania
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bobbyblack Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2015 Posts: 4351 Location: United States, Iowa
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Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 7:48 am Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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Dave,
The alarms go off (meaning it makes the alarming light and buzzer) at ~2300 PRM, regardless of oil temps or oil pressure. Makes no difference, it just alarms and won't quit until I switch off the ignition. This can just be a quick flip of the switch from on to off to on again, thus not needing to use the starter. The alarm goes off with that, but then alarms again at something like 2300 RPM again.
I took my question to it's own thread:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=753690
Thanks for the link you mentioned, I am reading through that now.
-bobby _________________ '87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch |
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jlrftype7 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2018 Posts: 3582 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 8:16 pm Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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Swapped out the Snow Tires for my All Seasons. Reminded myself that I still need to try out Silver Paints to match the Silver of the Mefro Rims.... _________________ '68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto |
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ujfischer Samba Member
Joined: March 10, 2021 Posts: 1 Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 10:20 am Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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Took off the original muffler on my '81 Aircooled as it was sounding like a Harley (the tailpipe flew off on the freeway while driving it back to home base). Had to angle grind the bolts off as 2 weeks of daily application of Deep Creep wouldn't get them to budge.
Put on the new muffler and tailpipe I ordered from Bus Depot. This required me to deform the heat riser tubes significantly through the generous application of the raw force of a hammer. Sits very well and upon initial start up the noise has dropped precipitously. I hope that there are no issues with banging on the tubes to the degree that I did.
Washed off the entire exterior (along with a large amount of paint) and polished the entire body (3hr process). Looks as good as new!
Next steps (no particular order): install new clutch (Bus Depot clutch kit), new valve gaskets, new shifter bushings (old ones are dust), reverse light switch, odometer (no idea), oil pressure gauge
I promise my next update won't be as long _________________ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
1981 Vanagon Camper (Aircooled) |
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campism Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 4492 Location: Richmond VA
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 5:09 am Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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Mine has a slow leak on the right-front. I've dunk tested it with no conclusive result so for now I'm inflating as required until I can fix it. It's been sitting a few weeks so instead of firing up the compressor I thought I'd see how difficult it would be with a bicycle floor pump. 250 strokes to reach 40 PSI. _________________ '87 Westy in Wolfram Grey Metallic |
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bobbyblack Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2015 Posts: 4351 Location: United States, Iowa
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:19 am Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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campism wrote: |
250 strokes to reach 40 PSI. |
What was the pressure when you started? _________________ '87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch |
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dhaavers Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2010 Posts: 7757 Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:28 am Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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campism wrote: |
250 strokes to reach 40 PSI. |
Always a great upper body+core workout...
- Dave _________________ 86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
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Blakesinclair Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2021 Posts: 60 Location: Santa Ana, California
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:16 am Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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Replaced the old destroyed horn ring. Beep beep kids are stoked. _________________ ———————
1985 Weekender Vanagon 1.9L - Manual |
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dhaavers Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2010 Posts: 7757 Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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Oil change, new LED H3 high beam bulbs & VanAgain acrylic headlight protectors:
Good, clean fun...
- Dave _________________ 86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
<EDITED TO PROTECT INNOCENT PIXELS> |
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campism Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 4492 Location: Richmond VA
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 4:42 am Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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bobbyblack wrote: |
campism wrote: |
250 strokes to reach 40 PSI. |
What was the pressure when you started? |
Barely registered on the pencil gauge. The tire was not blatantly low to people who don't pay attention to their tires, probably under 10 PSI. _________________ '87 Westy in Wolfram Grey Metallic |
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bobbyblack Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2015 Posts: 4351 Location: United States, Iowa
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 9:37 am Post subject: Re: What did YOU do to your van today? |
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Turned 320,000 miles (odometer anyway) on 35W northbound Mlps. _________________ '87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch |
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