OIL PRESSURE GAUGES (AGAIN)

[Guy Lowe]

QUESTION: would an electric 10 bar oil pressure gauge connected to a 5 bar oil pressure sender, read double the actual? and if you had a 10 bar sender with a 5 bar gauge would you get a reading half that of the actual.

This is not a trick question and I need to know the answer

 

Guy _SB Lowe _{o *arrowup*o}

The ZETEC is now running here

 

[I.Mupferit]

Guy, did you have the same sender on the X/Flow? What symptoms are you getting that has triggered the question if you don't mind me asking?

 

Brent

 

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[Guy Lowe]

Morning Brent

Yes I used the old sender off of the X Flow but changed the gauge from a 5 to a 10 bar one.

I now get 8 bar hot at revs and 4.5 bar hot on idle, have I just answered my own question.

 

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[I.Mupferit]

I think you probably have. My old Zetec used to show about 4 bar at speed when hot and about 2 bar at idle. Maybe time to get a 10 bar sender.

 

Brent

 

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Edited by - Brent Chiswick on 30 Apr 2007 10:17:46

[Guy Lowe]

Brent

Did the gauge in the complete kit from Think Automotive match your other gauges? if so do you happen to have a part number as it is not in their parts book.

I am now going into the garage to put the old 5 bar gauge back in.

 

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[I.Mupferit]

Not an exact match to the Caterham gauge Guy but not too dissimilar. Nip round and have a look at mine if you like.

 

Brent

 

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[Guy Lowe]

Brent what time are you back home today?

If 4 bar was your max I am off to the garage now to put the old gauge back in

 

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[DaveMorris]

Guy,

I'm sre that the answer is YES.

IIRC the VDO (aluminium bodied) senders have different threads on the 0-5 and 0-10 bar senders, so you may have to get a convertor nipple if you decide to keep the gauge and swap senders.

Dave.

 

X-flow(er) powered

[I.Mupferit]

Should be home around 17.45 Guy. I'm in all evening so call anytime but I'll probably be eating at about 7ish.

 

Give me a call if you want to come and have a butchers at it.

 

Btw, 4 bar was the max when hot but I seem to recall it was 6 or more when cold so you may want to still go for a mechanical gauge.

 

Brent

 

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Edited by - Brent Chiswick on 30 Apr 2007 11:11:38

[philwaters]

Guy - I've got both my oil pressure sender and the matching gauge if you want to try them. they'll be up for sale when I get my ar$e in gear, along with all the other dials, but they can be loaned out in the meantime...

 

Phil Waters

[Guy Lowe]

Thanks Brent but SWMBO is out tonight so it will have to wait

 

Thanks Phil, but I now know the problem is the sender/gauge combination so I can either change the sender or get the TA mechanical unit that Brent uses.

Guy _SB Lowe _{o *arrowup*o}

The ZETEC is now running here

 

 

Edited by - Guy Lowe on 1 May 2007 09:35:12