Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
 

awesome... thanks guys... I'll splurge on a decent electrical one.

Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
 

i've always run one, i like havein it there, i'd consider it 2nd in the line of importance

Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
 

what about the stock oil light? :P Will the oil pressure even start to show abnormal readings or will it just drop all of a sudden, rendering a gauge useless?

Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
 

The stock oil light is the "oh no your fucked" usually only comes on when you are out of oil...a real guage gives you numbers so you acctually know what your oil presure is

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I run a mechanical gauge and i dont think i would ever spend the money for an electrical one. If your not an idiot when you run the tubing you wont have any problems. Just make sure that its not sitting on any sharp edges and on areas where it would rub on something just cover the tubing with a larger diameter rubber tubing. I have heard of the sending units on the autometer electrical gauges failing alot so i would rather just run a mechanical one.

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I just don't like the though of hot oil inside the car and god forbid you get in a wreck you are going to get sprayed with it...I'd rather not risk it

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I have an old mechanical one in my car as well (came from an old dirt track car), and I've never had any issues with it leaking or anything like that. Just don't use that plastic tubing stuff, get the copper hard line instead.

Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
 

I put my guage in to my dash on my integra and I feared oil would leak but the little teflon tubing is pretty strong and holds well. So far so good no leakiage ;D

Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
 

its not going to be any hotter then when you change your oil unless your bombing down the freeway at 150mph, -----

Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
 

Suit yourself i laugh when you wreck and you have to head some hot oil :P