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Component Tests and General Diagnostics

Oil pressure gauge
- Remove wire connector from terminal G on engine oil pressure sensor (in engine compartment left).





- Connect instrument/gauge tester VW 1301 between sensor connector and ground.
- Switch ignition ON.
- Adjust VW 1301 as follows:





Dial setting Gauge reads
340 5 bar (72 psi)
140 2 bar (29 psi)
10 0 bar (0 psi)

- Oil pressure gauge needle must correspond with specified values