Where are you guys putting them? For our KOH Jeep we got a nice Autometer Mechanical gauge, but I'm not exactly sure where to plumb it in. I haven't looked real close, but I dont think there's a location in the block for the probe to thread in. My first thought is to simply drop the pan and TIG in a threaded bung, but then I'd be gettin the temp of the oil in the pan, not the oil in the motor. Not sure if that matters or not as I've never had an oil temp gauge. Also not sure what a normal oil temp is :homer:
Engine oil temp sender location?
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Keep in mind that any sender that is mounted in the block is going to get a certain amount of heat soak, whereas that's a lot less likely in the pan. The pump is moving such a volume, that I wouldn't worry about the difference between what's in the pan and what's in a given oil passage. Also the oil in the pan is essentially the "average" of what's in the engine.
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Ditch the gauge. It's not like your going to stop if it gets hot
It is kind of a rental :laughing:Ditch the gauge. It's not like your going to stop if it gets hot
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See my gauge threadDitch the gauge. It's not like your going to stop if it gets hot
Arent you running an oil cooler? Can you plumb it inline coming out of the motor?
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engine oil= in the pan
This is a mechanical gauge, ya know the kind with the big ass probe on the end of a flexible cable thingie. The tip of the probe wont even fit in a 1/8"npt hole much less the fitting that tightens it in. I think the adapter that comes with it is 1/2" NPT. Sounds like the pan is a suitable place, so that's where it'll go.
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the elect. autometer senders are 1/8" pipe, mech. gauges are a pita... there is also a smaller 3/8" pipe adaptor for the mech. gauge..
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