Temp & Oil Pressure Gauge Install

[deputy865]

Neither of my Water temp or oil Pressure Gauges work.. The wires arnt evne there... Was going to pick up 2 new ones from Autozone..

can i put the new sensors where the old ones are and have everything work fine.. It would make things easier then finding new spots..

Thanks,

Shane

 

[DeadsEvolution1]

Yes your sending unit could be bad. The coolant temp sensor is only like 8 bucks, and not sure about the oil pressure sending unit. But You could try that or get a logger that will tell you alot

 

[deputy865]

There arnt any wires coming from either of the gauges at all.. I was thinking of getting these new ones from autozone.. Cutting the olds ones out of the dash and puting the new ones in... I just want them installed asap.. Dont trust the car without them..

Shane

 

[DeadsEvolution1]

Buy some aftermarket gauges and a gauge pod for them. There is a vendor on here that is giving discounts right now on gauges and stuff. Check them out

 

[deputy865]

Yea they are aftermarket gauges.. I was just wondering if i could make this install 100x easier by puting the sensors from the aftermarket gauges into the stock ports..

shane

 

[Fabian]

SOMETIMES you can put them in the stock locations. But for the oil pressure gauge you're gonna need an adapter because it wont just screw into the oil filter housing. I dunno about the water temp gauge...I honestly run my oil pressure gauge off the head cause I think it's safer that way. When normal driving it should read 20psi when idling it goes down to 5psi. The way I figure it, if you're gettting oil to the head you're getting oil in the block! But that's just me, I had a head gettting clogged in the oil port and it froze up and jumped timing so I always put an oil pressure gauge there.

 

[DeadsEvolution1]

SOMETIMES you can put them in the stock locations. But for the oil pressure gauge you're gonna need an adapter because it wont just screw into the oil filter housing. I dunno about the water temp gauge...I honestly run my oil pressure gauge off the head cause I think it's safer that way. When normal driving it should read 20psi when idling it goes down to 5psi. The way I figure it, if you're gettting oil to the head you're getting oil in the block! But that's just me, I had a head gettting clogged in the oil port and it froze up and jumped timing so I always put an oil pressure gauge there.

Where did you tap in into at the head?

 

[deputy865]

Yea im wondering that to, id like to do the same thing..

 

[1990AWD]

SOMETIMES you can put them in the stock locations. But for the oil pressure gauge you're gonna need an adapter because it wont just screw into the oil filter housing. I dunno about the water temp gauge...I honestly run my oil pressure gauge off the head cause I think it's safer that way. When normal driving it should read 20psi when idling it goes down to 5psi. The way I figure it, if you're gettting oil to the head you're getting oil in the block! But that's just me, I had a head gettting clogged in the oil port and it froze up and jumped timing so I always put an oil pressure gauge there.

very good idea but wouldn't someone running a turbo with the oil feed from the oil filter housing want to know what the pressure at idle and cruising is there also? you've got me thinking and I think I will put one in both spots on my car.

 

[MLutin]

Yeah, I always thought you wanted to monitor your turbos oil inlet? to make sure you dont blow your turbo? I could be completely wrong though.

 

[Fabian]

while its true you wanna know what oil pressure is being fed into the turbo, if you're running a stock setup, I dont think its gonna matter man. I dunno if thats the case or not here, but either way, I run my oil pressure gauge right off the head.

THESE are two pics of where my line is run from. I dont really like mechanical gauges, I think they're rediculous to setup and electrical works just as well. But I cheaped out on some sunpro gauges till later down the road because I sold my last GSX with the gauges in it, so this is what I have to work with.

If you're running electrical oil pressure gauge the sender screws right into this port perfectly whether you're using AUTOMETER or PROSPORT.

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[JESTYVAUGHN74]

I'm having trouble with my temp gauge sensor. The only place it will go is where the computer temp sensor is so where can i put it?