I might sell my soul for Prosport Peak and Hold gauges
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Prosport Gauges said:
i think his point was our cars idle oil pressure is very low stock. 4.3psi. so when we are idling on MOST cars it will be pretty low...so hes saying if you set it to a low number that isnt ZERO lol it would go off whenever the car is just idling after warming up.
Bondango
Supra Specialists Ireland
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thank you sir. This is pretty much what I found at Lowes in iron and brass. I think Iron would hold up better to the heat. The problem if found is what I was thinking. The probe isnt extended quite as far with both adaptors as it was with just the one supplied with the guage. I dont know much of the probe has to be exposed to be accurate??Enraged said:
this is exactly what im saying. The guage would be going off or warning you everytime you came to a stoplight. Our systems are high volume low pressure so oil pressure is anywere from 5psi to 60psi or so. Kinda hard to have an effective warning with that range. These would work well for my Yukon as it always has 40psi or so even at idle.Idealsupra said:
on a GTE you're not going above 40PSI stock...
if you keep your A/C on (which bumps your idle) you'll be around 10PSI...
even setting it to zero would help...
if you keep your A/C on (which bumps your idle) you'll be around 10PSI...
even setting it to zero would help...
Sure you could. But if you are at anything but idle and you notice your oil pressure is low because your guage warned you at that low a psi, then I would think that would be to late anyway as your motor is probably trashed.Prosport Gauges said:
The gauge wont stop the problem, you have to realize, they can only do what they can do... At least you have the option to set the warning that low, some gauges you cant...
mk3forme said:
Better a gauge to warn you of 0psi the moment it happens than you're pinging engine to tell you after you've had no pressure for 20 seconds.
If anyone is running thier oil pressure gauges, I was wondering, can you use the stock location for the for the pressure sensor? *the one on the side of the block*
On which motor? For a JZ, you need something to adapt the 12x1.25mm block thread to the 1/8" NPT. Im not sure what the 7M has.
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Jake, My guy told me, if I get the correct die that matches the threads on the block you can run the die over the threads on the oil sender (mine is super close to the same size.) The threads on the block are a little deeper, so the die will just slightly reshape the existing threads.
I did NOT do this yet. Soon I will. Just throwing it out there.
I did NOT do this yet. Soon I will. Just throwing it out there.
BSG: If we dont use the stock location, where would be the next best thing? I knwo PS sells an oil filter adapter, but but it makes me nervous using something like that, for leaks and clearance issues...
Anyone using the sandwich plate? I think that might be what you're talking about Jake. I'm the same way, don't know how I feel about using that. Opinions on it?