Originally Posted by
Karlos G
I would advise against the sump route, as mentioned above the temp will be lower then what is actually circulating the engine and if you are going to the trouble of fitting one it would be good to know the actual oil temp circulating the engine not diluted with oil that remains in the sump.
A sandwich plate is what I use, these have a constant flow of oil from the block through them.
I sort of agree. The sensor will be slower to react at first as the oil in the sump is cold. But isn't the oil at its hottest as it's returned to the sump from the turbo?
Please tell me if that assumption is wrong.
I use a VDO gauge with a mk4 golf oil temp sensor. The sensor has a terminal on the back of the sensor, no wires. This fits in to an LMA adaptor to fit the sump plug hole.
With this setup, my oil temp generally sits at 100c but can creep up to 120c on a spirited drive. Oil pressure is just above 2 bar cold idle and 1 bar warm idle.
Lee