installing a manual oil pressure guage
10-06-2007, 12:37 PM
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installing a manual oil pressure guage
i just put in a new crate engine, and after running it for about 30 min, the op started to fall then nothing, when i rev it goes up slightly but not enough.. does this sound like my sender may be bad? also i want to put in a manual guage to test, and i have a TPI and the sender is a pain to get to ... is there aanother location i could try?
10-06-2007, 03:35 PM
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Re: installing a manual oil pressure guage
You can use the port on the back of the block near the distributor, on the side above the oil filter, or on some blocks there's a port above the water pump.
10-06-2007, 05:29 PM
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Re: installing a manual oil pressure guage
belive the port on the back is where the current one is. i hope i have one near the front that i could tap into. thannks
10-07-2007, 10:09 AM
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Re: installing a manual oil pressure guage
I depend more on the manual psi gauge and it's easilier to access all oil related sensors my car.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...il#post2618182
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...il#post2618182
10-08-2007, 02:38 PM
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Re: installing a manual oil pressure guage
what did you tap into to make that? did you just run a line from the rear of the block, where the sending unit was?
10-08-2007, 07:24 PM
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Re: installing a manual oil pressure guage
ll, turned out to be the sender, i just taped into where that was.. it was alot eaisier than i thought it would be,
10-09-2007, 09:29 PM
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Re: installing a manual oil pressure guage
To answer your questions; It's just a piece of stock alum with one bore down the center and npt tapped for the oil line on one end and the PSIG on the other, then the 2 taps in from one side for the sensors.
I did this when the sender failed, at my age anything that keeps me from having to get under car, or to get at things you can't see is a blessing.
I did this when the sender failed, at my age anything that keeps me from having to get under car, or to get at things you can't see is a blessing.
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