Autometer Oil Pressure gauge sending unit

[Clipse]

I just received the sending unit for my autometer oil pressure gauge and it has 1/8" npt threading. How has this been utilized on our cars...?

 

[Burnett03]

I just received the sending unit for my autometer oil pressure gauge and it has 1/8" npt threading. How has this been utilized on our cars...?

screw it into the oil filter housing where the stock gauge sender went into. i must warn you autometer senders suck, i burnt out 3

 

[Clipse]

The stock fitting is 3/8" npt. The Autometer is 1/8" npt. Either way, disregard/delete this post, I figured out my own asinine question.

 

[Crawl]

Installed my oil pressure gauge and was wondering, when i go to unscrew the sender does oil leak out? (i know dumb question but im a newb) Just wnat to know what to expect before i go to screw in the new sender

 

[Clipse]

Installed my oil pressure gauge and was wondering, when i go to unscrew the sender does oil leak out? (i know dumb question but im a newb) Just wnat to know what to expect before i go to screw in the new sender

Yes, but if you make the exchange fast enough you'll hardly lose any because there isn't a ton of oil at the filter housing without the system pressurized. You'll get a little dirty, but that's about it.

 

[LessIsMore]

Do not mount the sender directly to the oil filter housing. Engine vibration will cause the transducer to go bad, many people using the autometer pressure sender have problems with this.

The solution is to mount the sender to the crossmeber next to the oil filter housing and run a hose from the sender to the oil filter housing.