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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 09:28 PM
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Oil Pressure

Anyone reading oil pressure, if so what gauge do I need and where do you tie into.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 11:20 PM
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There are many gauges you can buy. I bought 4 from https://www.glowshiftdirect.com/cart.aspx and am VERY HAPPY with their performance. I purchased the WHITE face with 7 colors....pretty cool cuz you can cycle through 7 colors by pushing a button....and they are inexpensive. Make sure and buy an ELECTRIC oil pressure gauge....not a mechanical.

I made a hose, 90*'d it off of my Billet oil filter cap and relocated the sending unit to the RH side of the engine compartment and used a 1 1/2 conduit clamp from Lowe's to secure it

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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 11:47 PM
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what oil pressure are you wanting to read? HPO or LPO?
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by texans
what oil pressure are you wanting to read? HPO or LPO?
Thats what I am trying to figure out.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 08:08 AM
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well depending on what side of the system you are wanting to look at will determin witch gauge (psi wise), and what location you need to mount the sender.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 09:58 AM
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Not sure how many people monitor HPO.....but LPO is an easy one to figure out
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by joe blow
Not sure how many people monitor HPO.....but LPO is an easy one to figure out
Any more pictures of your engine bay. That looks neat and clean. where did you get your filter caps from?
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 11:49 AM
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I found it on ebay but alot of vendors sell them....remember, it dod not come with a hose or 90* fitting or anything...that I made or bought seperate. The sending unit is too tall to place ontop of the cap so I relocated it.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by joe blow
I found it on ebay but alot of vendors sell them....remember, it dod not come with a hose or 90* fitting or anything...that I made or bought seperate. The sending unit is too tall to place ontop of the cap so I relocated it.
The install looked nice and clean, where did you get your hoses made. I like what you did there. I hate sloppy under the hood. I am about to do the coolant filter and am looking at where i will run things to have a neat clean and functioning install.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 12:04 PM
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I made the hose. I bought the items to make the hose from discounthydraulichose.com

If you want specifics and are interested in my exact setup, PM and I will tell you exactly to buy.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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Just FYI, of all the gauges you can install, base oil pressure is probably the least valuable of all on this engine. What's the point? Suite yourself of course, just sayin...
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 01:10 PM
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You are correct, but without an actual gauge on the display that reads PSI I like to have it.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 02:47 PM
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To me I think I would want to moniter HPO before LPO to see what my pump is putting out. Plus if you run into a no start situation it would be the HPOP you would want to know where it is. I know the stock gauge in the dash isn't very good, but at least it gives you some sort of indication if you are getting any LPO. On the other side there is no way to know if you are getting HPOP without a gauge or some kind of a scanner. JMHO
 
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yep....what psi range is normal for HPO?
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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You can read data from the IPR sensor via most OBD2 gauges like ScanGauge, Dashdaq, etc. For low pressure oil pressure I believe there is a test port on the oil filter base cover where you could add a sender and hook up an analog gauge. I have not done this myself so not 100% sure about it.
 
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