jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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ive got an aftermarket oil pressure gauge for my car which has a sender unit with it but the thread is too small to fit anywhere in the engine (the grub screws on the back of the block rounded off). can u use an oil presure sender unit off the c20let with my gauge?
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craig_s
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Registered: 5th Mar 06
Location: Birmingham Drives: mk4 astra gsi
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there is a place that sell's thread adaptor's,google it.im using an oil pressure sender from one of our generators at work.it has 2 terminals,so it will run both the oil light(on the dash)and my guage.the thread size you need is m14 1.5 pitch iirc.
have a read of this thread
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/engines-transmission/171368-xe-let-oil-pressure-temp-senders-what-why-how-where.html
[Edited on 02-04-2008 by craig_s]
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jamesvalver
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been reading throught that thread and its really helpful. i wasnt sure if the std let sender would be the same calibration as the gauge
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craig_s
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not sure either tbh.but would have thought any sender will run any guage as long as it's electronic.
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Dave A
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try a company called 'think auto' for these types of bits.
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Forbes789
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a query about this also, was going to be changing the oil sender to the one i got with the guage but does this allow me to conect the new gauge and the oil light or is it one or the other??
any help would be great
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craig_s
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how many terminals has it got?usually the one you get with a gauge will just be designed to run the gauge.
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Forbes789
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just got 1 pin coming out of it,
so is there like after market ones, or ones from different cars where you can have both wired up then?
any ideas?
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