Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
06-13-2006, 07:18 PM
#21
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
Ive got a mechanical gauge
Only cost me 10 bucks, used some spare vacuum type line with thick walls and just clamped it and wrapped it in electrical tape
works mint
The elec sending units tend to fail a fair bit, Im happy
top 2 gauges for sure
Only cost me 10 bucks, used some spare vacuum type line with thick walls and just clamped it and wrapped it in electrical tape
works mint
The elec sending units tend to fail a fair bit, Im happy
top 2 gauges for sure
06-13-2006, 07:26 PM
#22
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Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
Originally Posted by Loserkidwac
Suit yourself i laugh when you wreck and you have to head some hot oil :P
how ------- hard is that
and what is the chance that you'll get hit with any oil if you crash..
06-13-2006, 09:19 PM
#23
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Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
Originally Posted by strandmo
You can pick up a nice short sweep oil pressure guage from autometer for right around 70. I will be ordering most of my gauges form this site:
http://www.egauges.com/
http://www.egauges.com/
06-14-2006, 04:51 AM
#25
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Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
Originally Posted by Loserkidwac
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
if you get in a wreck that bad you are pretty muched fucked anyways, god forbid that you are unconscious and cant turn off the car.
06-14-2006, 08:08 PM
#26
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Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
Question on an electrical gauge... do you just splice into the stock oil pressure sensor on the back of the block?
What do you guys think of this Autometer? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AUTOM...spagenameZWDVW
It seems cheap to be an electric gauge...
What do you guys think of this Autometer? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AUTOM...spagenameZWDVW
It seems cheap to be an electric gauge...
06-15-2006, 02:55 AM
#29
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Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
Originally Posted by accordepicenter
If you really care about your engine its good to know whats going on under the hood, you need this gauge, dont halfass stuff
06-15-2006, 11:48 AM
#30
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Re: Oil pressure important enough for a gauge?
I run a mechanical oil pressure gauge sitting behind the hood on the vent. Works great. I like seeing oil pressure fuel pressure and boost. But as someone said, the oil is the lifeblood. If your oil pressure is down, you need to shut her down and figure out what is going on before you damage something.
On my other mustang, I have a fancy autometer electronic fuel pressure gauge. It broke. Only mechanical from now on.
Erich
On my other mustang, I have a fancy autometer electronic fuel pressure gauge. It broke. Only mechanical from now on.
Erich
