I have a 2ltr air cooled engine on my 1982 van and at sometime in it's life it's been fitted with an instrument cluster from a diesel.
No idea when or why.
There was an electrical fault which I had to look into (temp lamp flashing when main beam used) which I sorted, but along the way I discovered the DOPS (Dynamic Oil Pressure System) which was fitted to water cooled vans, post 1985.
After reading about how air cooled engines only put the oil warning lamp on when all oil pressure has been lost, which is probably too late, I want to try and use the DOPS seeing as it is there.
I haven't stripped an engine before and I haven't started on mine yet either, it's still in the van, but I was thinking along the lines of making some kind of manifold/splitter to take three sensors off the point at which the current oil pressure switch fits. One port for the existing N/C blue switch (0.25 bar), the second port for an extra N/O white switch (1.8 bar) and the third port for an oil temperature sensor.
My question is, what kind of pressure can be achieved from the existing port on the engine? On water cooled engines the second (white) sensor is fitted at a different point.
I'm hoping someone out there has done this before.
Andy.