Serp Oil Pressure sender

[ChimpOnGas]

Bad day Richard?

[Chuffmeister]

Richard 858 said:

You're absolutely right, I really don't know why I bothered ! Oh yes, that's it, wanted to experiment & gladly act as a bit of a guinea pig for the benefit of others. Dunno why I'm bothering with any other improvements & mods, car runs ok as it is. I heard a nasty rumour the other day that the earth might not be flat ! Do you think anyone will ever volunteer to sail to the edge & see what happens !!

Excellent

[Richard 858]

ChimpOnGas said:

Bad day Richard?

No Dave, pretty productive actually. After making a few work related calls this morning, got into the garage, did oil pressure sender experiment, lunch & PH post, removed trumpet base & swirl pot to send off to SC Power for alterations ready fro return with SC 500 kit before Christmas !!! Just being a bit sarky about Chuffmeisters post, only joshing though ! Mind you the man certainly knows how to use a camera !!

[Sardonicus]

This one's a bargain who's going 1st http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Oil-Pressure-Sensor-...

[Chuffmeister]

Sardonicus said:

This one's a bargain who's going 1st http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Oil-Pressure-Sensor-...

Even TVR Glen/Dean would baulk at that price…

[jojackson4]

Richard 858 said:

jojackson4 said:

Also haveing a go with the sender and mag sump plug and the v8 filter

Let us know how you get on with the filter, do you mean the Cummins fibreglass element one ?

Sorry Dave mine doesn't fit
It go's on but still touches the frame cross so I will have to look else ware( had to jack the lump to get it on)
The sender is on but carnt fire it up
Mag sump plug is in as well

[Sardonicus]

jojackson4 said:

Sorry Dave mine doesn't fit
It go's on but still touches the frame cross so I will have to look else ware( had to jack the lump to get it on)
The sender is on but carnt fire it up
Mag sump plug is in as well

How are your engine mounts? if you cant get a baby finger between the pre cat area and the chassis you have issues

[jojackson4]

Sardonicus said:

jojackson4 said:

Sorry Dave mine doesn't fit
It go's on but still touches the frame cross so I will have to look else ware( had to jack the lump to get it on)
The sender is on but carnt fire it up
Mag sump plug is in as well

How are your engine mounts? if you cant get a baby finger between the pre cat area and the chassis you have issues

I carnt get my bananas in but looks like 10mm ish



Dose it look ok?
Haven't twigged the mounts may be shafed

[Colin RedGriff]

I'm about to fit one of these senders, when I remove the old one do I need to get the new one in quickly (i.e. will all a load of oil come out)?

[Chuffmeister]

I would have one ready to fit, but not a lot of oil comes out.

[Colin RedGriff]

Thanks I was planning to do a straight swap but having read that I may need to unscrew the adaptor from the old one I was a bit concerned if oil was going to gush out

[Colin RedGriff]

Finally got round to fitting the new sender the other weekend and altering the wiring. Pretty straight forward, needed some PTFE on the thread to seal it.

Fixed my issue with the gauge wandering all over the place, nice solid reading now and seems more realistic than before.

[jojackson4]

Colin RedGriff said:

Finally got round to fitting the new sender the other weekend and altering the wiring. Pretty straight forward, needed some PTFE on the thread to seal it.

Fixed my issue with the gauge wandering all over the place, nice solid reading now and seems more realistic than before.

It's not at 60 psi is it ?

[Colin RedGriff]

At idle with cold oil yes it's up at 60psi.

I'm not too bothered about the absolute accuracy of it, my old one was buggered. The needle would wander between 0 and 45 while idling or on a run.

Only managed to get the car out today after fitting it last weekend so I will be keeping an eye on the gauge quite closely so I can see how it performs. As long as I know what normal looks like that's all I really need and the price was right.

[jojackson4]

I too have not had it out on the road
I have made a T peace to get a machanical gauge on to check how good it is

[Chuffmeister]

jojackson4 said:

I too have not had it out on the road
I have made a T peace to get a machanical gauge on to check how good it is

My aftermarket sender reads the same when cold, Drop to about 55 when hot and 45 at idle.

[EddyP]

I think my pressure gauge sender must be a bit dodgy too, the readings aren't that great, my gauge is a 0-90 PSI one though, has anyone replaced the sender on one of these, if so which did you go with?

Thanks

[WokingWedger]

I have just ordered this :-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370678852601

I will let you know if it works out okay on a 0 to 90 PSI gauge.

It needs a separate earth lead.

Can anybody describe the best / nearest suitable earth point ( engine or chassis ?)


Cheers

[Colin RedGriff]

I have one of those and it works great. Just need to make sure the thread seals properly.

I ran the earth wire from the earth point in the offside wheelarch

[EddyP]

Colin RedGriff said:

I have one of those and it works great. Just need to make sure the thread seals properly.

I ran the earth wire from the earth point in the offside wheelarch

Hi Colin

Is your gauge a 0-90psi one? or 0-80psi?

Thanks