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SignalAutodrifter_D · 04-25-2005, 09:11 PM

ok hooking up a mechanical oil presure gauge must be easy but no one knows how to hook up electronical ones.....there is one that runs straight oil to the gauge..but i have guages that are just wires...and know one knows how to hook them up..or its so hard that no ones wants to help me...i might sound stupid or what not but really how do you hook up electronical gauges!!!

eyustfu · 04-25-2005, 10:09 PM

even with electronic gauges there should be a sensor for oil temp/pressure.. unless it taps into the stock one which isnt as accurate

SignalAutodrifter_D · 04-26-2005, 04:13 AM

so i need sensors...may be that is why i couldnt figure it out..cause my gauges just came with wires no sensors or anything.....

90RS13 · 04-26-2005, 07:06 AM

an electrical oil pressure gauge should come with a sending unit. But if it didn't find the place you got it from and they should have sending unit kits for that gauge.

Andrew Bohan · 04-26-2005, 10:32 AM

mine came with sender. so there!

yeah, go buy a sender.

Al_S14 · 04-26-2005, 05:59 PM

on DE KA you can installl it right under the oil pressure switch on oil filter housing. there is a "plug" bolt which you can take out with 5mm Hex key . only prolem you may have is finding a adaptor fitting to install the sending unit

jOeHaCk98 · 04-26-2005, 06:26 PM

how much oil will come out and how fast when that plug is removed. Where is the oil temp unit tapped?

locodrftr · 04-26-2005, 08:54 PM

just work on it with car in the air and do it when u change your oil,

skatanic28 · 04-26-2005, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al_S14

on DE KA you can installl it right under the oil pressure switch on oil filter housing. there is a "plug" bolt which you can take out with 5mm Hex key . only prolem you may have is finding a adaptor fitting to install the sending unit

really? i must have missed that. even the fsm says to pull the oil pressure switch to test oil pressure. most other ka-t guys use a tee off the switch location as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe

Where is the oil temp unit tapped?

the ka doesnt have one stock, but you can tap the oil pan to add one.

Andrew Bohan · 04-26-2005, 10:44 PM

i tried to use the lower hole to put my pressure gauge in. impossible. i couldn't fit a wrench in there AT ALL. alternator bracket and some other shit in the way.

switch location = no problem.

noodl35 · 04-26-2005, 11:59 PM

http://240sx.cubicdesign.com/article4.php

I have yet to install my megan racing oil pressure gauge which is still in the mail. Does any one know if they come with an aftermarket sending unit? Apparently from this Gauge Install the autometer oil press. gauge just comes with a fitting. How is it better to use an aftermarket oil sending unit rather than stock.

noodl35 · 04-27-2005, 12:03 AM

what do you guys think of this technique that endyn uses.

http://www.theoldone.com/articles/oilpressure/

YucA · 04-27-2005, 07:56 AM

stock oil pressure sender on the SR and KA is just for the dummy light in the gauge cluster. The ECU doesnt take any readings from it...

What i did was just remove the stock oil pressure sender and install my Omori line there. Just leave the plug disconnected from the stock sender and the light wont stay on... My Omori gauge, and other decent electrical gauges come with a SS line with an adapter that is the same threading as the stock sender for the SR. You just hook the SS line, then mount the actual sending unit on the firewall, then you just get the wires from the sender to your gauge.

Its strongly recommended that you dont run the sender directly on the block, as they can break from vibration and stress...

contact the company who made the gauge and tell them you need the sender and whatever else it comes with it...

04-25-2005, 09:11 PM	#1
SignalAutodrifter_D Zilvia Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 195 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	how to hook up oil guages! ok hooking up a mechanical oil presure gauge must be easy but no one knows how to hook up electronical ones.....there is one that runs straight oil to the gauge..but i have guages that are just wires...and know one knows how to hook them up..or its so hard that no ones wants to help me...i might sound stupid or what not but really how do you hook up electronical gauges!!!

04-26-2005, 07:06 AM	#4
90RS13 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Newark, Arkansas Age: 37 Posts: 348 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	an electrical oil pressure gauge should come with a sending unit. But if it didn't find the place you got it from and they should have sending unit kits for that gauge. __________________

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04-25-2005, 10:09 PM	#2
eyustfu Zilvia Addict Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 781 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	even with electronic gauges there should be a sensor for oil temp/pressure.. unless it taps into the stock one which isnt as accurate

04-26-2005, 04:13 AM	#3
SignalAutodrifter_D Zilvia Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 195 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	so i need sensors...may be that is why i couldnt figure it out..cause my gauges just came with wires no sensors or anything.....

04-26-2005, 10:32 AM	#5
Andrew Bohan Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Location: Location Posts: 8,330 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	mine came with sender. so there! yeah, go buy a sender.

04-26-2005, 05:59 PM	#6
Al_S14 BANNED Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chesapeake VA Age: 37 Posts: 405 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	on DE KA you can installl it right under the oil pressure switch on oil filter housing. there is a "plug" bolt which you can take out with 5mm Hex key . only prolem you may have is finding a adaptor fitting to install the sending unit

04-26-2005, 06:26 PM	#7
jOeHaCk98 Zilvia Addict Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 730 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	how much oil will come out and how fast when that plug is removed. Where is the oil temp unit tapped?

04-26-2005, 08:54 PM	#8
locodrftr Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Azusa Ca Posts: 268 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	just work on it with car in the air and do it when u change your oil,

04-26-2005, 10:44 PM	#10
Andrew Bohan Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Location: Location Posts: 8,330 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	i tried to use the lower hole to put my pressure gauge in. impossible. i couldn't fit a wrench in there AT ALL. alternator bracket and some other shit in the way. switch location = no problem.

04-26-2005, 11:59 PM	#11
noodl35 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Oklahoma City Age: 38 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	http://240sx.cubicdesign.com/article4.php I have yet to install my megan racing oil pressure gauge which is still in the mail. Does any one know if they come with an aftermarket sending unit? Apparently from this Gauge Install the autometer oil press. gauge just comes with a fitting. How is it better to use an aftermarket oil sending unit rather than stock.

04-27-2005, 12:03 AM	#12
noodl35 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Oklahoma City Age: 38 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	what do you guys think of this technique that endyn uses. http://www.theoldone.com/articles/oilpressure/

04-27-2005, 07:56 AM	#13
YucA Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Miami Age: 40 Posts: 142 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	stock oil pressure sender on the SR and KA is just for the dummy light in the gauge cluster. The ECU doesnt take any readings from it... What i did was just remove the stock oil pressure sender and install my Omori line there. Just leave the plug disconnected from the stock sender and the light wont stay on... My Omori gauge, and other decent electrical gauges come with a SS line with an adapter that is the same threading as the stock sender for the SR. You just hook the SS line, then mount the actual sending unit on the firewall, then you just get the wires from the sender to your gauge. Its strongly recommended that you dont run the sender directly on the block, as they can break from vibration and stress... contact the company who made the gauge and tell them you need the sender and whatever else it comes with it...