Oil Temp Gauge Install?
02-25-2012, 07:59 AM
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Oil Temp Gauge Install?
Has anyone installed an aftermarket oil temp gauge? Ive got an Autometer digital sport comp guage. I just read that you can install and "sandwich" plate into the oil filter housing-which the sender will thread into. Is this the best way to go about it on a C4? Are these plates available with 2 ports so I can later install an oil pressure gauge? Lastly how are the factory oil temp/pressure gauges hooked up on my '88? Btw my gauge came with the 1/8 npt sender and wire harness.
Last edited by armybyrd; 02-25-2012 at 08:48 AM.
02-25-2012, 08:31 AM
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Do you want to keep factory oil temp gauge? ( doesn't seem much point if you have a aftermarket one? )
Put sender for mech gauge where the factory sender is ;
in the port above the oil filter
OP sender(s) is in block behind dist
You just install a T there for the mech OP gauge sender ( if you want to keep factory gauge )
otherwise take factory sender out and install mech sender
Put sender for mech gauge where the factory sender is ;
in the port above the oil filter
OP sender(s) is in block behind dist
You just install a T there for the mech OP gauge sender ( if you want to keep factory gauge )
otherwise take factory sender out and install mech sender
Last edited by rodj; 02-25-2012 at 08:35 AM.
02-25-2012, 08:45 AM
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Does it matter that my gauge is a digital gauge?-I thought that meant I wouldnt need a mechanical sender? Is it most accuarate installing it by the oil filter?
