Hybrid_From_Hell Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Arrgh ! Alternator now in process of being fitted / wired, but have another problem.... I have a Oil Pressure "Light" fed by single wire, but, on the old engine I also had a Oil Pressure Guage, which has a Lime sized "Sender" unit Tee'd into the Oil pump take off where the light switch sender was fitted On the new engine there is absolutely NO way this can be fiited, I have the Sender for the light in there, and thats it, no way to T in the sender for the guage So, the Question is can I T the sender for the gauage in somewhere else within the oil system ? ie the oil filter Housing - as I have aeroquip connector and can pop a joinerin there ....and if so does either side make a difference ?? Arrgh Help ! Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 You can put it anywhere really. However I'd prefer to put it on the engine side of the filter. It wont be as accurate as it would have been actually in the oil gallery, but the gauges are very inaccurate anyway. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zardos Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Yes I had the same problem, so I fitted my gauge remotely (but used the standard location for pressure switch) Looking at rave and the block castings the order goes Sump -> pump -> oil cooler -> filter -> pressure switch -> engine As I use a remote filter and oil cooler off the normal oil cooler take off, so I put mine in the pipe work post oil cooler. Mine order goes Sump -> pump -> filter -> oil cooler -> pressure guage -> old filter bypass -> pressure switch -> engine I seems to give OK numbers, but hard to tell how accurate it is (hence using the standard switch location as a fall back for low oil pressure even the gauge sender also has a switch function) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan bomber Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 The TDi engines take there oil pressure readings from the oil filter housing so I cant see why there would be any problems with that on the V8 engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muttleyd Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Would one of these help. Considering it for my build as there is not room from the filter to the steering box. http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performance/fittings-accessories/lma-oil-pressure-remote-t-piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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