hey people i know its been on here before and im sorry im being dumb but can someone point me in the right direction of how to fit gauges, i seen a thread ages ago of where all the senders and that go but cant find the thread just wondered if someone could help me

cheers

 

Which gauges?

 

I just googled it,found a defi install guide on nosioc think that's what it's called,I followed that when fitting my oil temp,pressure and boost prosport gauges and they all worked first time my car is a jdm sti bug I used the clock harness for the wiring everything you need is there power wise took me a couple of hours..

 

yeah mines a bug and they pro sport gauges

 

Its a full picture guide as well piece of p*** really

 

https://www.scoobynet.com/interior-1...and-boost.html

 

what connects to this end? the plug i unplug off the sender wont fit this?

 

That should have two prongs on it one for an earth and one for the gauge,not very good with computers or I'd put a pic of mine up send me a number and il send u one to your phone if you want

 

Is the gauge electronic or mechanical mine were all electronic

 

electronic i think 07976126501 pics would be good lol

 

Sent a couple pal

 

if anyone has porsport gauges, do you just conect the green wire to the senders or do you need to connect the orange wire aswell?

 

i have prosport electronic steppers fitted to mine, take the oil temp from top of cylinder 3 and the pressure from under the alternator.
what exactly do you want to know??
im at home till 7pm and the car is outside so i can take pictures if needed

 

can you send me a pic of your oil pressure sender please and what colour wires did your gauges have? mine have red black green and orange

 

the wires are red live constant 12v
black earth
orange illumination
white ignition live 12v i.e. live only on ignition.

the sender fits under the alternator, i used an extension piece to make fitment easier.

this is where it fits, this is the hole for the oil light sender on the dash


i fitted this as the top connection is the original oil light so that still works and the lower one is the sender for the gauge

 

yeah i bought the braided bit from scoobyparts but my senders are different but if its only the green wire that attaches to the sender i can make it work

 

you have mechanical guages by the looks of it mine are electronic.
possibly needs a fitting adaptor to get thread size correct.
could be just green wire as red would be 12v black earth and orange illumination.

 

yeah so to power the gauges up its the red and black i ge=uess to make them work is greeen and to change colour is orange?

 

on mine red is constant 12v
black earth
white is the switchable 12v
orange illumination.

but if you dont have peak warning ones i doubt they would have the need for 2 12v as the only reason it has a constant and switchable 12v is for the memory for the peak warning settings.

i would say your wiring sounds right.

 

anyone know or point me in the right direction as to why my oil pressure gauges is doing this crazy s**t lol

click the image

 

looks like reversed polarity to me.

 

+1 for that or sender has earthed out or is faulty

 

how can it be reverse polarity as it only has one wire going to it?

 

sender in the right way around??

 

yeah it can only go one way mate

 

The senders that come with the normal (non stepper) prosport gauges are utter sh1te mate, especially the ones that only have one wire going to them.
Sit in the car and get a mate to tap the sender while you watch the gauge. If it jumps about all over the place then I'd guess you have a dodgey sender.

The senders that come with the stepper gauges are far better,

I have 3 stepper gauges in my car for oil pressure, temp and boost.
I also have 2 non steppers for volts and fuel pressure. I often get strange readings from my fuel pressure gauge, I know it's the sender as I also have an inline FP gauge under the bonnet which gives an accurate and constant reading.

 

oh right cool can you buy just a sender then to replace my 'dodgey' one?

 

You can't buy the senders like the steppers have because they use 3 wires and your gauge only has one wire which goes to the sender.
You can buy senders off eBay and the like, I'd recommend getting one which accepts the feed from your gauge and also takes an earth.

Also, any spare unused wires from your gauge want putting down to earth.
Make sure you have a good earth from your gauge as sometimes a crappy earth can bring you problems.

 

oh right so if i got a 2 wire one id connect my feed to it and then the other wire on the sender i would put to the body of the car or engine?

 

one of these senders?

http://www.passionauto.co.uk/product...nder-unit.html