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Castle Hill
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August 2003
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Fitting Oil Temp guage to Blue top 4AGE
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Fri, 27 May 2005 01:37
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Bought an oil temp guage for my 4AGE and was getting a T piece to house both the pressure and temp sensors, but it didnt fit in properly, Has anyone else fitted oil temp guages to their 4AGE's? How have you guys done it? It is just a mechanical guage.
Thanks for any info.
Cheers.
-Whitchy-
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Fitting Oil Temp guage to Blue top 4AGE
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Fri, 27 May 2005 02:44
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I wouldnt advise running a T Piece on a 4age, it will eventually snap off through vibration and stuff your engine. The only safe way to do it is modify the sump to fit the extra sender or mount the t-piece off an oil cooler line
Ben.
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Brisbane, Queensland
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January 2004
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Re: Fitting Oil Temp guage to Blue top 4AGE
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Fri, 27 May 2005 02:55
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You can also get fittings so you can put it where the sump plug is.
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Terrigal
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May 2002
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Montrose, VIC
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May 2002
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Re: Fitting Oil Temp guage to Blue top 4AGE
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Sat, 28 May 2005 10:56
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If you want to T into the oil pressure switch line, mount the T on the strut tower and use a braided hose. Only thing is, without continious flow, the temp gauge might not work that accurately...
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Melbourne, Australia
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March 2005
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Re: Fitting Oil Temp guage to Blue top 4AGE
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Sat, 28 May 2005 11:02
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Drill and tap the sump plug. The large body of oil will moderate temp fluctuations out to a reasonably consistent indication of oil operating temperature.
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Somewhere on a dirt bowl ...
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August 2004
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Location:
Adelaide
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May 2003
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Re: Fitting Oil Temp guage to Blue top 4AGE
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Sat, 28 May 2005 14:08
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I wouldnt do it either, mainly because of the distance between the sump and the road. Dont particularly want to make it any easier to destroy sump plugs.
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Montrose, VIC
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May 2002
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Re: Fitting Oil Temp guage to Blue top 4AGE
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Sat, 28 May 2005 14:14
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| takai wrote on Sun, 29 May 2005 00:08 |
I wouldnt do it either, mainly because of the distance between the sump and the road. Dont particularly want to make it any easier to destroy sump plugs.
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Methinks it be more of an issue of your chosen temp sensor snapping off and letting all the oil out, rather than damaging a precious component like a sump plug 
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Adelaide
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May 2003
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Re: Fitting Oil Temp guage to Blue top 4AGE
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Sat, 28 May 2005 14:28
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Yeah, either that or just destroying the sump while racing.
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Somewhere on a dirt bowl ...
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August 2004
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Re: Fitting Oil Temp guage to Blue top 4AGE
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Sat, 28 May 2005 14:34
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either way or iether way your still letting the oil out
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Melbourne, Australia
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March 2005
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Re: Fitting Oil Temp guage to Blue top 4AGE
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Sat, 28 May 2005 16:28
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Granted the above points; more my point was that the temp sensor should be in the oil pan, rather than a gallery. As for whether you'd prefer to tap the plug (easy to do without removing sump, etc.) or weld into the sump (requires removal of sump, etc.) is up to you.
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I wouldn't recommend doing that. I wound up using my broken drilled and tapped sump plug as a nut which i welded to the sump off to one side of the sump plug.