Oil Temperature gauge sensor.
14-01-2011, 06:28 PM
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Oil Temperature gauge sensor.
Is there a cheaters way to install this? of will have to drill the sump or something!
Please tell me theres an easy way to do this, i've just bought the gauges and now i'm thinking about it!
Bastard!
Please tell me theres an easy way to do this, i've just bought the gauges and now i'm thinking about it!
Bastard!
14-01-2011, 06:46 PM
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i was told something about a sandwich plate that sits in with your oil filter
i havent got mine yet so if i get it before you i will tell you where i got it from and take pics of the process let you know how i got on! unless you beat me to it as i have 1million other things at the top of my list!
i havent got mine yet so if i get it before you i will tell you where i got it from and take pics of the process let you know how i got on! unless you beat me to it as i have 1million other things at the top of my list!
14-01-2011, 06:57 PM
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ah cheers i have the sandwich plate! i didn't know you could put it there, i was just going to run a cooler off it, but it has 2 extra threaded holes with blanking bolts in them. i've just tested it and it goes straight in. Cheers!
You've saved me a proper headache this weekend
You've saved me a proper headache this weekend
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14-01-2011, 07:18 PM
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Yeah thats the correct way to do it, get a reading from oil fresh out the block that way 
I had those exact gauges, accurate but poor build quality, very good for the money!
Oh be very careful not to over tighten the pressure sender wiring thumb screw, I did and the thread snapped clean off!
I had those exact gauges, accurate but poor build quality, very good for the money!
Oh be very careful not to over tighten the pressure sender wiring thumb screw, I did and the thread snapped clean off!
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15-01-2011, 09:44 AM
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Jo, I've got a sandwich plate on mine (it's actually for feeding the oil cooler) but I've never managed to get a good seal on it and it always leaks. I'd be interested to see how well yours mates up!
15-01-2011, 02:56 PM
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Its for a differant size sender unit to what you have sometimes there smaller if they are you screw that in first and then screw the sender into the adaptor.
A little tip when i put my sandwich plate on the 3i i kept finding drips of oil down the back of the block and couldnt work out where it was coming from and it turned out it was from the spare holes i wasnt useing in it, took the bungs out abit of ptfe tape on them and fitted them again and it cured it
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A little tip when i put my sandwich plate on the 3i i kept finding drips of oil down the back of the block and couldnt work out where it was coming from and it turned out it was from the spare holes i wasnt useing in it, took the bungs out abit of ptfe tape on them and fitted them again and it cured it
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15-01-2011, 04:57 PM
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Its for a differant size sender unit to what you have sometimes there smaller if they are you screw that in first and then screw the sender into the adaptor.
A little tip when i put my sandwich plate on the 3i i kept finding drips of oil down the back of the block and couldnt work out where it was coming from and it turned out it was from the spare holes i wasnt useing in it, took the bungs out abit of ptfe tape on them and fitted them again and it cured it
mark.
A little tip when i put my sandwich plate on the 3i i kept finding drips of oil down the back of the block and couldnt work out where it was coming from and it turned out it was from the spare holes i wasnt useing in it, took the bungs out abit of ptfe tape on them and fitted them again and it cured it
mark.
15-01-2011, 05:17 PM
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