2G Best Placement For Oil Temp Sender

[snowborder714]

Well, that shoots that idea out the window (other than the fact you have a well designed aero kit)

 

[TSiAWD666]

After thinking about what I asked earlier about the sump being post-cooler, that makes no sense. Of course the sump is pre-cooler. I'm an idiot... Sorry was writing that response while on a conference call.

Oil pan's going to work perfectly fine being as it's where the hot oil goes after draining down from the engine. I think the pre-cooler port on the OFH works just as well and is perhaps a bit easier to integrate into (i.e. no need to weld a bung into the pan).

 

[Blurred Talon]

I too have not seen them trend together.
With my last temp sender remote mounted off the OFH I'd see 220-250* on my oil, car always held at 195-210* for water temp (hot days).

I'm hoping the oil cooler will drop those temps.

 

[vince6756]

I have mine in my oil filter housing mainly for convenience of install, but I also wanted it post-engine pre-cooler to see what the max oil temps were. Oil pan is going to be post-cooler, isn't it?

What oil filter housing you runnin? 1990 air cooled? Where did you plumb the sensor and what type????

 

[ist dwa]

Easiest way to add an oil temp sensor is to drill and tap a stock oil pan bolt or buy one of these.

STM Oil Pan Drain Plug with 1/8

The STM M14x1.5 engine oil pan drain plug is machined with an 1/8" NPT temperature sensor provision to allow you to install a temp sensor right into your drain plug. The plug itself has a M14x1.5 thread which fits most Mitsubishi including DSM, Evo and 3S and some Honda, Acura and Mazda models.

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You are all welcome.

 

[fourgsixty3]

Easiest way to add an oil temp sensor is to drill and tap a stock oil pan bolt or buy one of these.

STM Oil Pan Drain Plug with 1/8

The STM M14x1.5 engine oil pan drain plug is machined with an 1/8" NPT temperature sensor provision to allow you to install a temp sensor right into your drain plug. The plug itself has a M14x1.5 thread which fits most Mitsubishi including DSM, Evo and 3S and some Honda, Acura and Mazda models.

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Wish they had one of those back in the nineties. Wouldn't have to drill and tap. But yeah, that location works very well.

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[TSiAWD666]

What oil filter housing you runnin? 1990 air cooled? Where did you plumb the sensor and what type????

You can see a lot of mods in my car's profile https://www.dsmtuners.com/dsm-profiles/john-freunds-time-attack-99-eclipse-gsx.1768/
I use an Evo 3 oil filter housing. I have a 1/8" NPT VDO sensor as I originally was using a VDO gauge, and now it's connected to my RaceCapture Pro datalogger. What I can't remember, and can't look because my car isn't at my house right now, is if I threaded that directly in or if I used some sort of adapter. I want to say I had to use some larger BSP to 1/8" NPT adapter, but don't quote me on that. I'm sure some searching around here will tell how to get this kind of sensor into the OEM housing you choose.

 

[troppo loungo]

You might be able to use an in line T fitting on the oil cooler feed line. This one is perfect.

RaceFlux -10AN Male to -10AN Female w/ 1/8" NPT Female Sensor Port

RaceFlux -10AN Male to -10AN Female w/ 1/8" NPT Female Sensor Port

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