Oil temp gauge. Help, inputs, ideas
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Oil temp gauge. Help, inputs, ideas
I'm going to install a oil temp gauge this week and I started doing some reseach on best locations to install it and this is what I came up with.
1- oil drain plug adaptor from autometer: Easy to do, heard the temperature probe doesn't sit all the way inside the pan, leaks a little, and some times it reads lower temperature from oil just sitting there and not flowing threw.
2: Drilling and taping oil plug: Cheapest to do but same problems as #1
3: Sandwich plate on oil filter: 40-50 $$$, gauge reads higher due to heat soak from block.
4: Top of oil pump: I saw this on trackdog racing, looks like a good spot but it said 99 & up. Not sure if my 90 would have this threaded spot aswell, and what thread size it is.
Any other ideas? Spots? Inputs?
1- oil drain plug adaptor from autometer: Easy to do, heard the temperature probe doesn't sit all the way inside the pan, leaks a little, and some times it reads lower temperature from oil just sitting there and not flowing threw.
2: Drilling and taping oil plug: Cheapest to do but same problems as #1
3: Sandwich plate on oil filter: 40-50 $$$, gauge reads higher due to heat soak from block.
4: Top of oil pump: I saw this on trackdog racing, looks like a good spot but it said 99 & up. Not sure if my 90 would have this threaded spot aswell, and what thread size it is.
Any other ideas? Spots? Inputs?
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I'm going to install a oil temp gauge this week and I started doing some reseach on best locations to install it and this is what I came up with.
1- oil drain plug adaptor from autometer: Easy to do, heard the temperature probe doesn't sit all the way inside the pan, leaks a little, and some times it reads lower temperature from oil just sitting there and not flowing threw.
2: Drilling and taping oil plug: Cheapest to do but same problems as #1
3: Sandwich plate on oil filter: 40-50 $$$, gauge reads higher due to heat soak from block.
4: Top of oil pump: I saw this on trackdog racing, looks like a good spot but it said 99 & up. Not sure if my 90 would have this threaded spot aswell, and what thread size it is.
Any other ideas? Spots? Inputs?
1- oil drain plug adaptor from autometer: Easy to do, heard the temperature probe doesn't sit all the way inside the pan, leaks a little, and some times it reads lower temperature from oil just sitting there and not flowing threw.
2: Drilling and taping oil plug: Cheapest to do but same problems as #1
3: Sandwich plate on oil filter: 40-50 $$$, gauge reads higher due to heat soak from block.
4: Top of oil pump: I saw this on trackdog racing, looks like a good spot but it said 99 & up. Not sure if my 90 would have this threaded spot aswell, and what thread size it is.
Any other ideas? Spots? Inputs?
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This is what I ordered:
Amazon.com: Auto Meter 2267 Oil Pressure Metric Adapter: Automotive
Just came in yesterday, will install this weekend.
Amazon.com: Auto Meter 2267 Oil Pressure Metric Adapter: Automotive
Just came in yesterday, will install this weekend.
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Drain plug worked fine for me. I switched to the sandwich plate when I got an oil cooler, didn't seem to change the reaction time and temperature reading much (besides it being a little bit cooler thanks to the oil cooler).
Never leaked, and now it has a plug in it that hasn't leaked either. The only down side is having to change your oil. I put an inch of wire off the sensor onto a spade connector. For oil changes I just unplugged it and it spun off. Annoying, but it worked.
Never leaked, and now it has a plug in it that hasn't leaked either. The only down side is having to change your oil. I put an inch of wire off the sensor onto a spade connector. For oil changes I just unplugged it and it spun off. Annoying, but it worked.
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Anyone seen the oil outlet ontop of the oil pump?
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