Interior 2nd Gen Most liked posts in thread: Oil Temp vs Oil Pressure Gauge

An oil pressure gage is more important than having an oil temperature gage.

Dave

 

The temp gauge is better as the car has an oil pressure light.

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When the oil light comes on, it is already too late.

Dave

 

Gosh, Genik, haven't you read any of these posts?

Dave

 

Not really, as I posted before with the new syn oils you can run the engine (in limp mode) for quite awhile before seizing up. Long enough to get it off the road safely anyway. The temp gauge IMO will give you a better idea of what the engine is doing.

 

Yes. That's what the previous owner of my car did and it works very well.

As for a gauge upgrade, my order of importance was:
Oil Pressure
Water Temp
Oil Temp
Boost/Vac (if that's your thing) or Voltage (for those with too many gadgets)
I chose the boost gauge to help keep me distracted since I can't legally talk or text anymore. :beer

IMHO... Idiot lights can make exactly that out of some.

 

I think oil temp should be first, it lets me know when the engine is at normal operating temp and I can bring the RPMs up close to redline. Oil press is next but MINI computer controls the pressure so it not that helpful and most modern engines don't just dump oil pressure all at once and the light should come on when the quantity gets low. Water temp is just that, coolant temperature. Oil is the life blood of the engine. My ordering is:

1. Oil Temp
2. Oil Press
3 H2o temp
4. Boost( turbo/supercharged)

 

I put my oil temp. sensor in the oil canister top after I added an aluminum disk to the recess where the hex is. I thought is was to thin and not enough threads would be involved. Works great!

 

An enthusiastic +1^

Now to find space for it (I have the chrono pack, so there's precious little room for additional gauges, and I'm not an "a-pillar gauge" kind of guy).

 

ScangaugeII FTW!

 

I have 5 gauges. Oil press & temp, water temp & boost & a/f. mounted above the speedo.
http://www.motoringalliance.com/gallery/data/737/medium/Picture_261.jpg

 

+1 for the Scangauge.

 

Here is an interesting quote from http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/motor-oil-105/ All the oil chapters seem to offer all you could want to know about oil.

The best way to figure out what viscosity of oil you need is to drive the car in the conditions you will use. Then use the oil viscosity that gives you 10 PSI per 1,000 RPM under those circumstances. For some reason very few people are able to get this simple principal correct.

 

.....mainly because that is a very rough rule of thumb. It is only one tool to use when determining what oil to use.

But lets not go there in this thread.......lol

 

i pulled the trigger and ordered a set of gauges from Prosport

Prosport 45mm Gauges-We carry the full line of 45mm high performance gauges.

i ordered the 45mm (1.75 inch) gauges, white faced, orange backlighting

oil temp and pressure
water temp
boost
volts

now i need to get the necessary adapters to interface with the engine ... open to suggestions ... any to stay away from? any better than others? i will not use a drain plug mount for the oil temp sender

the plan is to build a sheet aluminum mount and put the oil and water gauges across the top of the tach and the boost and volt gauges to the right and left of the tach, i plan on leaving enough wire behind the dash so i can mount any gauge in any position

i will post some photos next week, getting ready to leave for my 40th high school reunion .... 40th?!?!?!?! yikes .... how can this be?

scott

 

I have some adapters;

Gauge Sender Adapters - CravenSpeed Online

 

hi kellen

remember me? i bought 2 dipsticks that were both double powdercoated ... you were great in getting them swapped out

i was going to buy the adapters from you, i am just deciding if i want to drop the oil pan or not

meanwhile i am working on the instrument mount

scott