Want to confirm Oil Gauge proper readings..

[supraguy@aol]

Well, you could wire an oil pressure switch to cut power to the fuel pump relay, or the csi etc., I suppose.
But I would wonder if you'd need a short delay timer, to allow the engine to run for a second or two during startup, before it allowed the pressure switch to be active.

I bet J.J. could add to this(or blast my idea completely).

Anything more is a waste of time because gages can't be continually watched. Ask someone in my profession how we know that...

Fixation.

JJ- you ran a GEM in your car? LOL.
That'll certainly cover the bases.

 

[3p141592654]

and I really want to find the fellow who designed my dipstick...

http://www.supramania.com/forums/sh.....-my-dipstick&p=381354&viewfull=1#post381354

 

[super51fan]

I wonder how some the MKIII cars have made it 20 plus years with the horrible gauge set up. OH lets see AAHH. Maybe someone checked the oil once in a while.

 

[Grandavi]

Pi... is that dipstick still available? (noted that the post was old...)

 

[3p141592654]

yup, the part numebr is still good. Price is a little higher $13.94 at jay Marks.

 

[Grandavi]

Well worth it... The dabbing on paper isn't the most accurate

 

[te72]

Level would be better. Not hard to do. Many cars have it. Fwiw an overtemp alarm can also be easily added using the AC fan switch.

I had an older version of this on my car:

http://www.insightavionics.com/g4single.htm

The beauty is not only does it indicate but all the monitored functions have programmable alarms.

Other firms make similar (and much cheaper) instruments for cars.

Simpler is an electronic dipstick: http://www.intellistick.com/

The oil level thing is ready to be hooked up on the JZ engines, just need to wire it to a light. Wouldn't want to find out at what point of "low" that light comes on myself, but hey, it's something.

Also, the link to the Intellistick, all the links on their end seem to bring up 404's for some reason, so I couldn't get much out of the site. Seems similar in idea to GM's OLM system though.