OIL PRESSURE sender questions
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OIL PRESSURE sender questions
hi all
fitting an oil pressure gauge will obviously give me more information on whats going on inside my engine as opposed to the oe on/off switch or dummy switch.
how important is it that i keep the dummy switch and run it along with my gauge sender ?
am i just as well not using the dummy sender and fitting my new sender in its place and be done with it ?
im really not keen on the remote braided line set up and think i would be a lot better off going straight into the block with my new sender.
how many of you are doing this ?
at what bar does the dummy light come on and what is a safe bar to be running at and what is too low or high to signal/cause damage ?
cheers siv
fitting an oil pressure gauge will obviously give me more information on whats going on inside my engine as opposed to the oe on/off switch or dummy switch.
how important is it that i keep the dummy switch and run it along with my gauge sender ?
am i just as well not using the dummy sender and fitting my new sender in its place and be done with it ?
im really not keen on the remote braided line set up and think i would be a lot better off going straight into the block with my new sender.
how many of you are doing this ?
at what bar does the dummy light come on and what is a safe bar to be running at and what is too low or high to signal/cause damage ?
cheers siv
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Scooby Regular
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I'm sorry, I disagree with that. The switch is set to turn off at 1 bar, that's 14.5psi, give or take.
So what if it reacts quicker up to 1 bar? It might go out, and lead you to think all is OK, but you only have 1.1 bar........
Do as you like, but my OE o/p switch is on the shelf in the garage and the ONLY reason it wouldn't be, and that I would use a remote fitting kit is if the sender didn't physically fit in the space. Even then, I'd think about blanking it.
TBH: with modern stepper gauges, the gauge calibrates while the fuel pump is priming. I never start my engine until the Defi alarms stop, and by that time the gauges are calibrated and doing a better job than the switch. End of.
So what if it reacts quicker up to 1 bar? It might go out, and lead you to think all is OK, but you only have 1.1 bar........
Do as you like, but my OE o/p switch is on the shelf in the garage and the ONLY reason it wouldn't be, and that I would use a remote fitting kit is if the sender didn't physically fit in the space. Even then, I'd think about blanking it.
TBH: with modern stepper gauges, the gauge calibrates while the fuel pump is priming. I never start my engine until the Defi alarms stop, and by that time the gauges are calibrated and doing a better job than the switch. End of.
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Scooby Regular
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Mine has run without the OE oil pressure switch now for over ten years.
IF you new sender will fit where the o/p switch did...and I mean PHYSICALLY fit, ie: enough space for it to go in, then fit it there and put the OE switch away in your garage. It's doing as much good there as it did on the car.
IF you new sender will fit where the o/p switch did...and I mean PHYSICALLY fit, ie: enough space for it to go in, then fit it there and put the OE switch away in your garage. It's doing as much good there as it did on the car.
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