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Old 29 September 2009, 09:10 PM
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today my oil pressure gauge turned up from the bay. it came with a sender but it was too big as the scooby ones are tiny. im awating a few gaskits etc from the stealers so cant start my car at the moment. Question i have is, the orig sensor/sender on the engine has a wire on top of it which turns the light on on the dash when there is low oil/low pressure etc. The gauge has 1 wire that goes to the sender supplied which has a bit for you to connect the gauge wire and the OEM wire too. so theoreticly, if t attach the gauge wire to the OEM sensor/sender it should make the gauge work right?

Some one explane why this would or not work please.

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Old 29 September 2009, 09:13 PM
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nope, the sensor is matched to the gauge, you can get a re-locater kit, ive seen it somewhere

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Old 29 September 2009, 09:18 PM
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The OE sensor is a sprung switch, once oil pressure drops the switch closes and the light comes on. The sender for the gauge is a variable resistor, so as the oil pressure changes so does the resistance of the sensor allowing the gauge to display the pressure.

Re-locator kits can be found on the bay but I got mine from Demon Tweeks.
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Scoobyparts Ltd OIL PRESSURE & OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE FITTING KIT
Old 29 September 2009, 09:22 PM
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thought so... thanks peeps!
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