Where's the best place? Oil & water temperature & oil pressure. Anybody can post pictures where to mount them will be a bonus. Thanks in advance
Best place for autometer senders
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Re: Best place for autometer senders
Nobody?
Nobody?
teamvortec
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Re: Best place for autometer senders
I think he means the senders for the gauges, not the gauges them self. For water temp I would use one of the plugs on the drivers side head. The oil pressure I would tie it in with the factory one at the rear center of the intake.
I think he means the senders for the gauges, not the gauges them self. For water temp I would use one of the plugs on the drivers side head. The oil pressure I would tie it in with the factory one at the rear center of the intake.
Re: Best place for autometer senders
yes i want to install my senders, for the gauges i have a 3 gauges pillar pod.
yes i want to install my senders, for the gauges i have a 3 gauges pillar pod.
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Quickstop [UK]
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Re: Best place for autometer senders
Oil depends on what you have in there already. I have mine coming out of the driver's side where the stock oil feed used to come from. The oil pressure sender is a tight fit already and will be a pain to install if you can find the right adapter.
The coolant temperature on the driver side means disconnecting the sensor to the gauges - it's probably not something you care about but it would annoy me, even if it doesn't read accurately to begin with.
Don't the water pumps have a plug in them? You could mount the sender there perhaps.
Oil depends on what you have in there already. I have mine coming out of the driver's side where the stock oil feed used to come from. The oil pressure sender is a tight fit already and will be a pain to install if you can find the right adapter.
The coolant temperature on the driver side means disconnecting the sensor to the gauges - it's probably not something you care about but it would annoy me, even if it doesn't read accurately to begin with.
Don't the water pumps have a plug in them? You could mount the sender there perhaps.
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yes i'll see if can find the adapter to mount it on oil feed
don't want to disconnect any sensor, mine works fine, so i need a different option here
i heard that there's a plug on the passenger side head where can be mount it.
yes i'll see if can find the adapter to mount it on oil feed
don't want to disconnect any sensor, mine works fine, so i need a different option here
i heard that there's a plug on the passenger side head where can be mount it.
Slyclone
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Re: Best place for autometer senders
Sorry for the confusion.
There are a few extra ports on the block- Coolant ports. Driver side has 1 and the passanger side I believe runs the STOCK turbo coolant port- I have mine blocked/plugged.
I have been skeptical about running or plumbing a hard oil line inside the interior.
A leak could be a real disaster. but what do I know
Sorry for the confusion.
There are a few extra ports on the block- Coolant ports. Driver side has 1 and the passanger side I believe runs the STOCK turbo coolant port- I have mine blocked/plugged.
I have been skeptical about running or plumbing a hard oil line inside the interior.
A leak could be a real disaster. but what do I know
Quickstop [UK]
Combating adversyty.
Re: Best place for autometer senders
The oil pressure sender I have for my autometer is electrical for that reason - oil in the cab = bad juju.
There is a coolant port plugged on the passenger side but access with the firewall and intercooler is a PITA and I am not sure how tight the downpipe is at that location.
The stock turbo coolant port comes out the front of the block - there is a hard line that bends over the turbo and then to the block, just below the lower intake (before the thermostat).
Look at the water pump - there should be a plug there - it's ideal.
The oil pressure sender I have for my autometer is electrical for that reason - oil in the cab = bad juju.
There is a coolant port plugged on the passenger side but access with the firewall and intercooler is a PITA and I am not sure how tight the downpipe is at that location.
The stock turbo coolant port comes out the front of the block - there is a hard line that bends over the turbo and then to the block, just below the lower intake (before the thermostat).
Look at the water pump - there should be a plug there - it's ideal.
Re: Best place for autometer senders
No pictures?
Yes all my the gauges are electrical
No pictures?
Yes all my the gauges are electrical
Re: Best place for autometer senders
Anybody else?
Anybody else?
Quickstop [UK]
Combating adversyty.
Re: Best place for autometer senders
I'll see if I can find some pics but if you have a truck, you can see:
The dvr side plug
The turbo oil feed
The water pump blank
The oil pressure sender behind the cap (or rather you CAN'T see it - hence my point!)
I'll see if I can find some pics but if you have a truck, you can see:
The dvr side plug
The turbo oil feed
The water pump blank
The oil pressure sender behind the cap (or rather you CAN'T see it - hence my point!)
Re: Best place for autometer senders
The pressure sender is not a problem, the main concern is where's the best places for the water & oil temp senders, don"t want screw things
The pressure sender is not a problem, the main concern is where's the best places for the water & oil temp senders, don"t want screw things
Re: Best place for autometer senders
already installed the preassure sender & the water temp sender, now only need to find where to mount the oil temp sender. anybody please
already installed the preassure sender & the water temp sender, now only need to find where to mount the oil temp sender. anybody please