hey everyone, I have an speco meter electrical oil pressure guage and sender that i want to install on my ae71 with 4age 20v silvertop. I can see the original oil pressure sender and wire just forward of the oil filter, my question is do i remove the old one completely or make a T piece so i use both?. Cheers :D

If the 20v ecu uses the original sender for some reason you will need it, If not piss it off and put the new on in.

 

T piece's work wonders if it needs both.

not sure how the oil light would then work, it may currently be triggered by the ECU when the OEM sender reaches a certain value.

 

i have the OEM 4age sender hooked up to my ke20 oil pressure light and it glows brighter and duller depending on whats happening. i'm getting a VDO "sender/switch in one" unit so i can get my guage happening.

I have a light hooked up in my Corona and a oil pressure sender and just used a T piece. Light is always good as you will notice it more than a gauge reading high.

I run a Speco Elec Oil Pressure Gauge on my KE30. Along with the standard oil pressure light.

I use this fitting in the link. They can be purchased from any parts shop.

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Word of warning though....I have sheared two of these off on the threaded section where it threads into the oil filter mounting. I think it has something to do with the engine shake that i get from my cam, and the heavy sender hanging off the end of it. The last time was about 2 months ago. It pumped all my oil out, and the first i knew about it was the strong oil smell. I looked at my gauge whilst doing 80km/h and found that i had 5PSI. :D

Shame the oil light didnt forewarn me.

Edited August 28, 200719 yr by kangaroosa

cheers everyone for your help,

 

I have a light hooked up in my Corona and a oil pressure sender and just used a T piece. Light is always good as you will notice it more than a gauge reading high.

 

I'm very interested in rigging up an oil pressure warning light, there is no light in the guage or on the ae71's dash cluster, how do you do this?

I have a v6 in my corona so its just getting power from the oil pressure switch, Easy.

 

Led lights are brighter :D

there should be an oil pressure light in the ae71 dash.

You could always have a hose fitting on the block with a hose running to a tee-piece that has the oil pressure senders bolted to the car body. Just don't use copper pipe for the remote mounting :D

there should be an oil pressure light in the ae71 dash.

 

yes, definitely. I've never seen a car that doesnt have an oil pressure light. Its the most rudimentary warning light employed by car makers.

 

Some cars will have "engine", "eng" or a picture of something vaguely resembling oily gaugy things.

yes, definitely. I've never seen a car that doesnt have an oil pressure light. Its the most rudimentary warning light employed by car makers.

 

Some cars will have "engine", "eng" or a picture of something vaguely resembling oily gaugy things.

 

yea your right, it does have an oil pressure warning light. also, i went to a place called IFS at rocklea and they sorted me out with a brass T piece and a little extension which is perfect. ill post a pic soon. Cheers, Mark

yea your right, it does have an oil pressure warning light. also, i went to a place called IFS at rocklea and they sorted me out with a brass T piece and a little extension which is perfect. ill post a pic soon. Cheers, Mark

 

ok my bad, brass aint so good for the job. :) I'm going to take it back and try get a stainless steel one. :D

Hey Guys I've Just put in a guage today but I'm having issues. I've wired it up as stated in instructions and used an adaptor to compensate for different thread but the guage sits on 100psi and wont move. can anyone tell me why.

Cheers.

Chris.

Shotty gauge or sender, Could be wrong sender with wrong gauge aswell.

Edited September 2, 200719 yr by AE70

Bought guage and sender in a pack together, so should match up. All brand new too.