hustler's "driver shame" thread
09-28-2009, 02:03 PM
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You can move the sensor. Take it out, plug the existing hole. I put mine in the back of the oil pan with the motor in the car. Took like 10 minutes to drill and tap it. The sensor stays above the bottom of the oil pan so it will not be damaged by speed bumps or the like. It is also at the bottom of the sump, near the pickup for the pump, but still plenty of clearance, does not hit anything in the pan.
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09-28-2009, 02:06 PM
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You can move the sensor. Take it out, plug the existing hole. I put mine in the back of the oil pan with the motor in the car. Took like 10 minutes to drill and tap it. The sensor stays above the bottom of the oil pan so it will not be damaged by speed bumps or the like. It is also at the bottom of the sump, near the pickup for the pump, but still plenty of clearance, does not hit anything in the pan.
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09-28-2009, 03:55 PM
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Piece of cake. Hell, if you are willing to do an oil change, I could bring my drill and tap and do it at TWS if we had a way to get the car up on jack stands. You could even get a new sender (they are cheap) and just leave the old one where it is. 1/8" NPT sender only, not sure a 1/4" NPT would fit.
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09-28-2009, 08:01 PM
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We want out sensors in the pan rather than in line of our oil feed?
I understand that the temperature could potentially change, and get cooler as it leaves the block and routes through the feed line. But how much? I guess ill drill and tap my pan for my sensor this weekend.
I understand that the temperature could potentially change, and get cooler as it leaves the block and routes through the feed line. But how much? I guess ill drill and tap my pan for my sensor this weekend.
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09-28-2009, 08:54 PM
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I tapped my oil drain bolt for the sensor. Buy a replacement at NAPA for $3.99, and go to town. My only beef was that it made oil changes that much more difficult because you had to unhook the wire to take out the plug. I crimped a spade connector 2" from the sensor for that reason. I did move it to the oil sandwich plate when I installed my oil cooler, but it's a $4 quick fix for the time being if you desperately want a better location. And FWIW, even though the sensor made the plug about 1" lower, there were a ton of things that would hit the ground before the sensor.
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09-28-2009, 11:06 PM
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We want out sensors in the pan rather than in line of our oil feed?
I understand that the temperature could potentially change, and get cooler as it leaves the block and routes through the feed line. But how much? I guess ill drill and tap my pan for my sensor this weekend.
I understand that the temperature could potentially change, and get cooler as it leaves the block and routes through the feed line. But how much? I guess ill drill and tap my pan for my sensor this weekend.
Seems like I remember a thread around here discussing the pros and cons of different oil temp sensor mounting locations ad nauseum.
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09-29-2009, 12:24 AM
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No I do not think you HAVE to do it that way. It is just a convenient place if you do not have an oil cooler sandwich plate with a sensor hole for example. If you already have it teed into a feed line running TO the oil cooler, pretty close to the engine, that should be good enough.
Ive currently got mine in line for the oil feed for the turbo coming out of the cold side of the block. I have a sandwhich plate, without a hole already tapped. I can take a drill and tap to it at ease.
Just trying to find the "best" place for it at this point.
Not trying to thread crap Hustler, my apologizes if it seems that way. I figure others can learn from these posts since your car is track oriented too.
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09-29-2009, 07:55 AM
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I tapped my oil drain bolt for the sensor. Buy a replacement at NAPA for $3.99, and go to town. My only beef was that it made oil changes that much more difficult because you had to unhook the wire to take out the plug. I crimped a spade connector 2" from the sensor for that reason. I did move it to the oil sandwich plate when I installed my oil cooler, but it's a $4 quick fix for the time being if you desperately want a better location. And FWIW, even though the sensor made the plug about 1" lower, there were a ton of things that would hit the ground before the sensor.
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