Where to hook up oil pressure guage?

[supereclipse]

Pretty much what the title says im changing my oil tomorrow and plan on putthing an autometer oil pressure guage.
Anyone know where and how to hook this up?

 

[Turbo Guru]

Electric or mechanical?

 

[supereclipse]

electical.

 

[Turbo Guru]

The autometer sender will replace the factory sender unit on the oil pump housing. It should screw in easily, the threads are nearly identical. Just don't cross thread it, over-tighten it, or strip it.

Joe

 

[supereclipse]

Thanks man. Ill go and check that out now.

 

[BrokeTurbo]

Does anyone know where I can pick up a sending unit for the stock oil pressure gauge for my 1992 laser? Ive checked out the dealerships, and they are out rageous. Thanks

Gabe

74nova
92laser

 

[Turbo Guru]

Originally posted by BrokeTurbo
Does anyone know where I can pick up a sending unit for the stock oil pressure gauge for my 1992 laser? Ive checked out the dealerships, and they are out rageous. Thanks

Gabe

74nova
92laser

Junkyard

 

[larryd]

are there any other places other then the stock location to mount an oil pressure gauge sending unit for an electrical gauge?? Id like to keep my stock gauge and have my greddy gauge as well..

 

[supereclipse]

Hey larry just do what i did hook the wire for the stock guage and the autometer gauge to the sending unit. I havnt started the car up yet.
ill do it tomorrow but in theory it should work the damn mosquites were pissing me off so i came inside.

 

[larryd]

i have a greddy gauge.. and it has more wires then the stock one.. not sure if you get a good reading splicing them together anyhow.

 

[supereclipse]

On my sending unit there is only a spot for one wire though i dont know maybe the greddy is different

 

[larryd]

greddy has 3 wires..

 

[eXploitedGST]

if you unhook your stock sender then your check oil light will always be on..... why dont you go buy a T with one male fitting and two females fittings and put both on there?????? the autometer and OEM senders can both be on there then!!!! thats what i did only i have a mechanical cause it looks better.

 

[benleyd19tx]

what a coincidence....I try to read a page or so a night in my Haynes manual, to become knowledgeable about my car, and I was reading around this page last night. There is actually two places right near the filter that you can tap a mechanical guage. You guys' are electrical...so I don't know where those feed off of, but anyone has a question about a mechanical on a first gen...

 

[RamenPride]

on the oil filter housing, you'll see some hex-shaped plugs. remove one of those (it takes some effort, they're tight). the thread is 3/8" NPT. get some brass fittings to get the sender to go there.

 

[larryd]

Originally posted by eXploitedGST
if you unhook your stock sender then your check oil light will always be on..... why dont you go buy a T with one male fitting and two females fittings and put both on there?????? the autometer and OEM senders can both be on there then!!!! thats what i did only i have a mechanical cause it looks better.

actually that light doesnt work off the sender.. it has another sensor which the light just wont work at all if the wire is unhooked.

 

[supereclipse]

Well i put mine in i took the stock one off and put in the autometer one.
I hooked the stock and the autometer to the sender but the reading were all messed up so i just the autometer one on. Let the stock one off.

 

[larryd]

im going to try a T and see if that works with the Greddy one or not.. If it does then great it not Ill just use the Greddy gauge