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Offline Seight-v8

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oil pressure sensor
« on: February 13, 2011, 05:14:00 pm »
hello all,

Is it possible i could wire my VDO analogue oil pressure sensor in to my vems to log the readings somehow....

The sensor only has one wire attached to it...must be 12v, then the earth is on the oil pressure gauge.

Had some oil pressure problems in the past...and i dont have a warning light...and thought vems could help.

cheers

scott
Engine:Rover V8 4600cc
Vems Firmware:V1.2.38, GPS, SDcard, LCD & Dual lambdas, Wasted spark, 36-1 trigger, Cam Sync & Bluetooth serial.

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Re: oil pressure sensor
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2011, 04:58:34 pm »
so i've done some checking and,...

5.87v is supplied the the vdo sensor from the oil pressure gauge, and at 0 bar, the voltage is 0.50v.

so i am presuming this is workable.

Going to try and take other readings 0-5bar, need to think how to test it.

then i presume i need to attach the second vdo sensor wire to some spare analog channel and then come up with some input calibration.

scott
Engine:Rover V8 4600cc
Vems Firmware:V1.2.38, GPS, SDcard, LCD & Dual lambdas, Wasted spark, 36-1 trigger, Cam Sync & Bluetooth serial.

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Re: oil pressure sensor
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2011, 12:59:11 am »
Your right, you can use the spare analog input channels to monitor your oil pressure level. VEMStune can then be
adjusted to show the actual pressure readings.

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Re: oil pressure sensor
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2011, 06:54:20 pm »
cheers

got some wire and will try it over the weekend and see what happens, i am hoping it can be logged too.

scott
Engine:Rover V8 4600cc
Vems Firmware:V1.2.38, GPS, SDcard, LCD & Dual lambdas, Wasted spark, 36-1 trigger, Cam Sync & Bluetooth serial.

http://www.vems.hu/wiki/index.php?page=MembersPage%2FScottRichmond