nemo1

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how to install sensor for oil temp gauge?
Thanks guys

zeeman

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you need to "tee" the stock oil pressure sending unit on the back of the engine and have an oil feed line (stainless steel braided line works well, about 2 feet of it) come off one end of the "tee" to connect to your oil pressure guages sending unit, the other end of the "tee" gets the stock oil pressure sending unit fed into it.
You'll then have to do a little wiring, should be 1 wire that goes from the new oil pressure guage sending unit to the back of the guage and 2 or 3 wires off the back of the guage that go to 12v (+), ground (-) and maybe an illumination wire (12v switched). The 2 12v power sources can be found in the under dash fuse panel, there are male spade conncetors (5 of them) that have 12v's out (switched and constant), use a multimeter to find out which ones are which.

seanv98

You want temp, or pressure? 'Cus i think for temp you have to tap into the oil pan and mount a thermocouple. But I'm not 100% sure about that. Also, i think they have sandwich plates for the oil pressure sending unit.

zeeman

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they do have sandwhich plates....but they cost like $100 from golden eagle.
Ooops....i thought he meants oil pressure guage...now that i read it again, its a oil temp guage.

seanv98

Wow, I didn't think thay would cost that much. So was I right in how to hook up a temp gauge?