oil temp gauge fitting
 

been told if require oil temp gauge on ecutek require sender to be welded to sump costing £100's-is this needed or just tapped into sump
martin

bttt

this a newage or P1? On the classic blocks there's a handy bung above #3 cylinder for a oil temp sender. I was told down it's best fitting a sender where the engine is hottest and that's not at the sump AFAIK.

I had the same problem and ended up welding a nut in to the sump to take the temp probe. The bung above number 3 is used for my oil pressure sender.

you can get a "ring" that fits betweent he engine and the oil filter if all else fails and you dont fancy welding bolts etc.

I have a classic and use the no3 blank for oil temp and use a LMA T where the standard pressure sensor is for the pressure guage sender although I personly think it looks a bit mesy (could well just be my install though ;))

BTW the No3 oil blanking plate is reported to be the best place to take an accurate oil temp reading from and will be a slighty different tempreture from that taken at the sump.

it is on new age sti,standard temp gauge appears erratic-do change oil every 5,000 miles could be catching it,rang ecutek for advice and they said the above £500 to weld temp gauge to sump seems to be taking the p*ss!
thanks
martin

you don't have a 'standard' oil temp guage; you have a water temp gauge.

sorry standard om subaru gauge pack
martin

PI Doc

are you referring to the Oil temp sender for a SECS / Ecutek ??

AFAIK these are standard Defi's

Midlife.....

no the ones for subaru sports gauge pack

Hi P1doc

Sorry :( .........It's my fault I just got confused.

I saw the word EcuTeK and thought you were referring to the EcuTeK branded SECS unit.

Do you still travel to Carlilse to Stan Palmers ??

Cheers

Shaun

oh yes always nip in for a bit of gossip ans see what cars he has,had a passenger ride in maserati 3.2 v8 twin turbo pretty nippy then ian found the sports button!
martin