Oil temp and pressure gauges??

[Dan]

Just looking into oil temp and pressure gauges but how hard/easy are they to fit on a 182??

 

[robocup]

I fitted an oil temp gauge in me cup,..................put the sensor in the sump. Easy peasy, as long as you have got the right thread sizes.

 

[Dan]

Ahh right u don't by any chance have a link to the kit you used??

 

[plasticmorph]

sorry to drag this up, but when you say sensor in the sump, do you mean remove the sump plug and put it in there somehow? does that mean that I'll need to put new oil in afterwards? also, at oil changes, the sump gets replaced, surely this means that the sensor should be replaced at the same time??

 

[bmh.01]

The sump gets replaced every oil change?? Lol thats a new one.

 

[Fred@BTM]

why not do it the easy way and run a sandwich plate off the oil filter housing?

 

[plasticmorph]

The sump gets replaced every oil change?? Lol thats a new one.

haha sump plug!! oops!

Fred, how much oil am I likely to lose taking the filter off?

 

[tom172cup]

let me know what kit and how you get on with it please.
Might pop over and have a look seems as you are only in Southampton.

 

[LowLife.]

haha sump plug!! oops!

Fred, how much oil am I likely to lose taking the filter off?

Depends how long it takes you to get the filter off.

Two days is the record so far.

 

[plasticmorph]

Depends how long it takes you to get the filter off.

Two days is the record so far.

eh?

 

[LowLife.]

eh?

Lol.

Nevermind.

 

[Dan]

why not do it the easy way and run a sandwich plate off the oil filter housing?

Which kit uses this method??

 

[Fred@BTM]

no kit, but the plate is about £40 and i use the SPA digital twin pressure/temp gauges (expensive but they're cool!) 1/8th BSP and NPT fittings, easy

 

[bmh.01]

I'm with fred sandwich plate all the way its by far the easiest way, thats what i've done on the megane.

haha sump plug!! oops!

Fred, how much oil am I likely to lose taking the filter off?

That doesn't get replaced either . Washer maybe. You'll loose between 500ml-1l with the filter off, less if you haven't started the car for several hours beforehand.

 

[Gray]

no kit, but the plate is about £40 and i use the SPA digital twin pressure/temp gauges (expensive but they're cool!) 1/8th BSP and NPT fittings, easy

Ouch they are pricey... £178 for an oil temp and pressure gauge! They do look very nice though.

I am looking to fit a sandwich plate to read oil temp and pressure..

 

[Cupman29]

Is there no blanking covers on the F4R block? I fitted defi gauges to my P1 and removed a blanking cover next to No.3 cylinder (hottest oil temp in an EJ20 block as its next to the turbo) as you will want to know the highest oil temp. The oil in the sump is the coolest. Its not so critical in a N/A engine but still more accurate if there was a place on the block.

 

[Fred@BTM]

^nope, hence why i say fitting a sandwich plate if the easiest way, people have cocked about going off the oil pressure switch with all sorts of adaptors but that's effort!

 

[bozothenutter]

fred get off the forum and on the mail

 

[Cupman29]

^nope, hence why i say fitting a sandwich plate if the easiest way, people have cocked about going off the oil pressure switch with all sorts of adaptors but that's effort!

Cool, just thought I'd ask.

 

[plasticmorph]

can anyone link me to a plate that will fit a clio 182 which has the capability to add a oil pressure guage at a later date? I've looked but found lots with different thread sizes and I for one, dont understand what all the numbers mean?! save me from ordering the wrong one!!

 

[Dan]

can anyone link me to a plate that will fit a clio 182 which has the capability to add a oil pressure guage at a later date? I've looked but found lots with different thread sizes and I for one, dont understand what all the numbers mean?! save me from ordering the wrong one!!

I like you on my threads you seem to ask all the questions I need answering lol

 

[R754 Alex]

Company called R spec in Bicester (oxfordshire) do some good gauges and a few other bits and bobs. Good prices too! Speak to Dave..

http://rspec.co.uk/performance-gauges?zenid=b86a2d5967c1eb4fe2915ace6cf6280d

 

[dablk]

Hi Folks,
Out of interest what is the best cable route from theA pillar to the oil filter? I am using the spa guage so it has some beefy connectors that I don't want to cut off just yet. It's not a track car, just a bit of fun so dash is full intact.

Any advice welcome

Chis