Originally Posted by
Micky
Pure rubbish,you can get a mechanical oil temp guage in any good raceparts shop.And it does'nt feed the oil up to the back of the guage to read the temperture!!!!You place the sender in the sump,the sender is filled with mercury.As the oil heats up the mercury expands,thus increasing in volume,this then moves the mechcanisim in the back of the guage,moving the needle.Regards,Micky
Sorry Micky, like i said i didnt know you could get mechanical oil temp gauges hence i also didnt know how they worked, was just a guess mate!
But placing the sender in the sump will not be the best place as the oil will be a lot cooler there than if you use the sandwich plate adapter linked in my previous post and take the reading as it's coming out the block!