Oil Gauge
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Oil Gauge
I'm installing a mechanical oil pressure gauge, and i was wondering how much oil if any will come out when i remove the old sender, cause i dont want to drain my oil and put new stuff in since i recently changed it. Thanks
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I believe it is 3/8 NPT, at least i hope so, cause thats the size of the T i bought. And all of my adapters are that size also. Over at The ranger station they have a thing that shows how to do it, and the guys was 3/8 NPT and his ranger was the same or pretty close to my year.
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I just changed my sender this afternoon. I got a puddle about 3" in diameter from the oil draining out.
An electrical gage is better than a mechanical. I have seen too many times where a plastic or copper line broke inside a vehicle and sprayed hot oil all over the interior and the driver. Makes a HELL of a mess, not to mention the blown engine and the pain
I wouldn't give anyone $0.01 for a mechanical gage with that nasty nylon or copper line. A mechanical gage is cheap but you risk a lot more. I have also seen what happens when the line breaks under the hood and you end up blowing an engine.
Of course get a REAL electrical gage, those fake "idiot gages" they put in some vehicles are a joke.
My oil pressure switch was 1/4" NPT, and so are most of the units I have ever seen. I have never seen a 3/8"NPT sender used on an automobile.
An electrical gage is better than a mechanical. I have seen too many times where a plastic or copper line broke inside a vehicle and sprayed hot oil all over the interior and the driver. Makes a HELL of a mess, not to mention the blown engine and the pain
I wouldn't give anyone $0.01 for a mechanical gage with that nasty nylon or copper line. A mechanical gage is cheap but you risk a lot more. I have also seen what happens when the line breaks under the hood and you end up blowing an engine.Of course get a REAL electrical gage, those fake "idiot gages" they put in some vehicles are a joke.
My oil pressure switch was 1/4" NPT, and so are most of the units I have ever seen. I have never seen a 3/8"NPT sender used on an automobile.
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hmm, i may need to review my plan then, i was thinking about what might happen if that nylon tubing were to break or somthing like that. I couldnt find anything about what size the threads are, so i guessed 3/8 because thats what this guy did.
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Yeah mike, you were right, it is 1/4NPT, i must have read somthing backwards. No problem though, just going to return the 3/8 stuff, buy some 1/4 stuff, throw away the 6$ mechanical gauge, and buy an electric one, i really dont like the thoght of getting a blast of hot oil on my legs
