[StinkBug]

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:

 

[Roc Doc]

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.

 

[hurleygo3]

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:

Ditch the gauge. It's not like your going to stop if it gets hot

 

[StinkBug]

Ditch the gauge. It's not like your going to stop if it gets hot

It is kind of a rental :laughing:

 

[binderbound]

Ditch the gauge. It's not like your going to stop if it gets hot

See my gauge thread

Arent you running an oil cooler? Can you plumb it inline coming out of the motor?

 

[whypave]

On an inline 6 banger in a jeep the stock oil pressure sensor is a 1/8th npt port. you could T into that to do oil pressure and oil temp.

 

[FORDTECHGURU]

engine oil= in the pan

 

[StinkBug]

On an inline 6 banger in a jeep the stock oil pressure sensor is a 1/8th npt port. you could T into that to do oil pressure and oil temp.

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.

 

[FORDTECHGURU]

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..