I have an oil pressure and oil temp gauge and also a water temp gauge, my mate got ready to start fitting them but before he did he realized that i needed other parts to fit them to the car, can someone give me an idea on what i will need, pics and websites would be a great help.

 

 

Thanks

Have you got all the senders/sensors to fit the gauges?

You will also need a hardpipe water adapter to fit the water temp sender. This goes in between the top rad pipe which you can can to adapt. You will have to check sizes, top of my head i think its 34 or 36mm.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/38mm-PIPE-ADAPTER-WATER-TEMP-TEMPERATURE-GAUGE-SENSOR_W0QQitemZ350157264274QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item350157264274&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

 

You will also need an adapter to fit the oil temp sender which you can fit on the sump plug with somthing like this. http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=ROAD&pcode=GLOFSPM14 obviosuly youl have to check thread sizes, ring them they will know.

 

For oil pressure gauge you can fit this kinda T piece adapter where you can still have the oem sender fitted and the new sender, it screws into the original oil pressure sender location. http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=ROAD&pcode=LMA074

 

 

Dont forget to ring and ask before buying these bits, demon and tweeks know the thred sizes you will need for the sump plug and oil pressure senders, but for the water adapter, lets hope someone passes by to help.

Edited January 26, 200916 yr by j1mmytt

They should include : Gauge, wiring, sender

 

For the oil pressure and oil temp gauge you will need an adaptor for fitting inline with the vehicle oil system. The most common of these is an Oil Filter sandwich plate. It fits inbetween the oil filter and the usual oil pickup and has threaded holes for fitting the oil pressure and temp sender. Buy a quality Sandwich plate, not a generic ebay jobbie.

 

For the water temp gauge you can buy inline adaptors that replace part of you rubber upper water pipe, such as : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/34mm-HOSE-ADAPTER-WATER-TEMP-TEMPERATURE-GAUGE-SENSOR_W0QQitemZ350156931092QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item350156931092&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

 

You cut your top upper waterpipe and put this inbetween.

 

(I cant remember the exact size needed though Im afraid, but Im sure somebody must have recently purchased that will know)

 

If you bought them 2nd hand and did'nt get the senders, then you will need to try and source the new senders from the same manufacturer to ensure compatablity in their readings.

Legrath thats pretty similar to what i posted lol.

 

A sandwich plate is good for oil pressure but not for oil temp as the oil swooshes past the sender to quickly to send a steady ready, on throttle the oil temp reading just disappears, this is what happened to me anyway. Id recommend having one on the sump so you have a constant oil sump temp reading. A place where the oil is under less pressure is best, ideally after the oil cooler so you can see how efficient its cooling.

 

Anyway its cheaper/tidier and less hassle to fit what i mentioned above. It also retains the stock oil pressure sender location which was good enough for nissan so good enough for me ;)

Legrath thats pretty similar to what i posted lol.

 

A sandwich plate is good for oil pressure but not for oil temp as the oil swooshes past the sender to quickly to send a steady ready, on throttle the oil temp reading just disappears, this is what happened to me anyway. Id recommend having one on the sump so you have a constant oil sump temp reading. A place where the oil is under less pressure is best, ideally after the oil cooler so you can see how efficient its cooling.

 

Anyway its cheaper/tidier and less hassle to fit what i mentioned above. It also retains the stock oil pressure sender location which was good enough for nissan so good enough for me ;)

 

We were typing at same time :) Btw - not seen the oil temp problem myself, but the other placement sounds like a good idea.

We were typing at same time :) Btw - not seen the oil temp problem myself, but the other placement sounds like a good idea.

 

Ive never had anyone else report the same issue i had but when on the sandwich plate the temp would fluctuate under load, strange, but im sure it was to do with it being under pressure, anyway i think on the sump is more ideal as the sender is always submerged in oil. dont you think?