I have a VDO oil pressure gauge in the center console gauge cluster. It is a mechanical gauge - oil line from the sending unit location on the top of the engine to the back of the gauge. I noticed this weekend the line near the gauge is full of air and only a little bit of oil in the line. Should I "bleed" the line somehow. If so how is that done?
Can I just open the line at the gauge and keep it higher than the sending unit area so the air will rise?
Thanks in advance!
Air is OK. Doesn't change the indicated pressure reading.
What weighs more? A pound of feathers or a pound of lead.
Which is the greater? 40psi of oil pressure or 40psi of air pressure.
I don't think the gage can tell from whence comes the pressure. Only the amount present.
I even use a accusump pressure gauge as my mech oil pressure gauge.
That gauge is supposed to read the air pressure on the dry side of the piston in the accusump, but it seems to work just fine reading the oil directly.
I was even hoping that an air bubble would remain in the grease hose that connects it to the block.
The air bubble IS compressible so it would act as a water-hammer (in this case oil-hammer) buffer and the gauge wont see as high of pressure spikes.
All physics aside, I would replace that plastic line with the copper upgrade. It won't get brittle in the heat and you won't see the air bubbles.
Aside from all the physics BS, I bleed mine so the gauge will read pressure faster.
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