Capillary Oil temp gauge sensor location
 

I bought a Racetech 52mm Mechanical Gauge displaying both oil temp and oil pressure...Demon Theives partno..pt1612, p217 red book. p196 blue book.
They advised me that i would have to drill the sump:eek: to braze in the supplied sensor!!!
it is quite a big sensor, but i just dont fancy arsing around with drilling the sump for many reasons.
(i do have the ability to braze!!)

Does anyone have an alternative suggestion?


Cheers!!

Gaz.

Has nobody
 

nobody on here put a mechanical oil temp gauge on their car??

Hi Gaz,

I think you will find most people install electric gauges as wires are eaiser to route than capillary tubes. I do not want to take a chance on an oil leak (oil pressure gauge) inside my car.

Mike

What car do you have? (MY?)

If it's a classic, there should be a bung under the IC (left-hand on top of the block). The OE bung should have a M18x1.5 thread. My Electronic gauge required a sender fitted there, but I needed an adaptor as my probe (oh er) had a different thread. Got the adaptor from Le Mans Motorsport.

I only have hands-on experience with the MY99/00 cars, so early engine phases may be different.

Have a look here:-

http://rb5oc.co.uk/images/step3_d.jpg

Stefan

I machined the sump plug to take the sender on both my 99my and my present STi
JohnD

Well i forgot to look back at this thread but here i am...thanks for the comments guys...the sump plug machining route might be the one i take but ill have a look for that bung first...cheers fellas...if anyone else has a tip or comment on this thread then pleaes tell us what you did/have done ....
I favor the capillary/mechanical guages as 80% of fults on cars always seem to be electrical, so to me the use of a guage like mine is a no-brainer. However i've nothing against lecky gauges as such.:cuckoo:

Oh the year is '93/94 on a k plate