I'm after an oil pressure gauge, doesn't have to be fancy or anything, electric or the other (whichever is easiest to plumb in) but it needs to have all the necessary bits to fit it straight on if poss, anyone got any suggestions?

As cheap as poss as I'm skint after Xmas

 

Try rally design race tech are cheap enough,though imo autometer is the
one 2 go 4 but twice the price, u gets what u pay 4 . real steal sell the autometer gauges but some of the traders on here should do them aswell

 

Like the look of the Race Tech gauges, cheers for that, might give them a ring in a few days and see what bits I'd need to plumb it straight in

 

try nomad they are good gauges

 

Nothing on eBay?? Either private sales, or from an eBay Shop??

Usually some pretty good stuff floating about there for much cheapness.


Cheers,
Grant

 

I advise AGAINST a capilliary pressure guage for fluids. Get one with an electrical sender unit....

 

Whys that Daz? In case they leak?

Just looking through ebay and found a nice electrical white faced one for Ł22! Who would sell the T piece to screw in so I can keep the dash warning light as well?

 

yes, they leak, had it happen to two of mine, oil every where, dash carpet,
all over head unit, its just not worth it. get an electric one like DAZC says...

 

i have to disagree , ive had too many bad experiances with elecric sender uinit dealing me duff info when i realy needed it , like OH FUCK NO OIL PRESSURE in the middle of a stage

but , my guages even tho they are capillery are very accurate , unlike most electric units , but i never fit the nylon pipework that comes with the guages i always use ptfe with nylon overbraid and pukka fittings not teh cheap brass push on crap items

 

i just fitted a higher value oil pressure switch, because i really didnt fancy a face full of hot oil and i know electrical senders can be misleading.

 

i've got the nomad one which uses an electrronic sender inplace of the original oil switch, works fine on my car and easy to fit

 

ive had a bad experience with electric as they can be miss leading. cant see why a capillary 1 would leak if fitted properly. thats what im goin 4 when the cars back on the road

 

I just prefer having oil in the engine and not in a pipe next to your leg.

A burst pipe or guage (as has been known to happen) is not good on a road car to clean up. A competition car isn't too bad, just wipe the excess off and the rest is anti-corrosion!

As it happens, my new engine management monitors oil pressure and I can set it to flag up a warning if it drops to a certain level or cut the car out completely if it drops even lower..

 

Right I'm going for an electrical one now, just torn between these two... opinions?



PSI or BAR?

 

Where they from wes?

 

ebay

want the link to them? Both from the same bloke...

 

Please

 

m8s got an electric senders type and as soon as his ignitions on ie b4 the engine starts turning it's reading oil pressure in the engine and once he had really low oil and the gauge was showing but when we pulled up the top end (cam followers) were well noisey on start up(Cossie) checked the dip stick and there was none on the stick so personal choice comes into play I think

 

all for the price of a Ł20 oil pressure guage , ill have one !!!



a pressure guage is not designed to tell you when you need or dont need oil , by default it will do this , but thas only when it has no more lubricant to decide what pressure it at .

i can also never understand why people remove the oil pressure lamp and replace it with a guage

what is the easiest thing to see if you suspect a problem ? its not looking at a guage ( that aint accurate anyway cause you paid less than the price of gallon of oil for it) and trying to decide if its on 0.5bar or 1bar, whilst at speed going round a corner . all you need is a high pressure switch and a warning lamp.

 

I'll still be using my original dash warning light and the gauge

Think it might have to be the PSI one....