Engine Oil Temperature Gauge
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Engine Oil Temperature Gauge
1996 F350. 351 5.8 engine with factory oil cooler.
i'm installing a few additional gauges on my truck - one of which being an engine oil temperature gauge. its an electrical (non-mechanical) gauge.
where should i install the sending unit?
i'm installing a few additional gauges on my truck - one of which being an engine oil temperature gauge. its an electrical (non-mechanical) gauge.
where should i install the sending unit?
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any ideas? is there an exisiting port i could use? maybe remove the stock oil pressure sender and install a T fitting where i could run both the oil temp and oil pressure senders? would that be a good spot to monitor the oil temp?
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The sender has to be imersed in fresh liquid for it to accurately work so you have to be careful using Tee's and other adapters. Tee'ing off the stock pressure sender will not imerse the sender in fresh oil so the temperature would always read lower than than it actually is.
I would try to put a full flow Tee in the input to the engine oil cooler.
Another good place is a bung welded into the side of the oil pan below the low oil level.
I would try to put a full flow Tee in the input to the engine oil cooler.
Another good place is a bung welded into the side of the oil pan below the low oil level.
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do you have one your truck that you T'ed? what kind of readings do you see. i was thinking of using the T, but oleman makes a point above that T's will not give accurate readings?
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It must be immersed. That means take the pan off and have a thin bung installed low in the pan. The probe, if the sender has one, must contact the oil to read correctly. Using a 'T' is only kidding yourself if you're after accurate temperature.
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I wouldn't do it.
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well the truck sits up high, so the pan is no where near the road, but for good measure, i figured i'd make a small skid plate mounted to the cross member located directly in front of the oil drain plug.
no question the side of the pan is the best spot, but i'm not about to drop the Y pipe and loosen the motor mounts to remove a solid, non-leaking pan.
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