Yes I did a search
First: 2.0 Type 4 engine... With a Mallory Distributor.
I've done some research for the sending Unit for my VDO Oil Pressure Gauge 0-5 bar.
The threat in the engine case is M10x1 Tapered.
VDO offers a 0-5 bar Sending Unit with the right threat (even tapered) and two connecters: one gauge and one idiot light.
VDO Part# 252.21.67
My question now is, does anybody have experiance of mounting it directly on the case? Especially in the car with the sheet meatall installed? Als does that work with the clearance to the Mallory Distributor?
Thanks C
Gotta use a hose.
Grease gun hose works, as does paintball gun hose.
Also, dont get the dual pole sender. Get the single pole sender and use a T block or Y block. That way you can use the stock idiot light AND the sender. The dual pole sender will light up the low oil light at a much higher PSI then stock, giving you false positives for low oil when the oil is hot and you are stopped at a traffic light.
Zach
Make sure the hose end is metric threaded. The think nylon tube that comes in mechanical gauges works fine.
27 TPI vs 25.4 TPI.
You'll never get 8 turns with a 1/8" NPT fitting in the M10 tapered hole, due to the diameter.
More like 3 turns and its tight. Not the best, but it does work.
(edited: to correct NPT thread pitch)
http://www.pacificcustoms.com/cnc896.html
https://www.amazon.com/Speedhut-Metric-Adapter-inch-M10X1/dp/B00B5W9MGK
Thanks guys. I was really hoping not to need a hose, but I have to make the most of it... I will try to use an M10x1 adapter on the case and then back to M10x1 at Sending Unit, because I relly want to use one for a bar gauge...
Don't forget the sender must be grounded to work, use a steel strap screwed to body metal or engine tin.
I also had to use teflon plumbers tape on the threads to get them to seal. I've seen some here say you don't need to do that, but I did. As mark said, this means you do have to use a grounding wire from the body of the sender to the engine somewhere. I just ran it to the common grounds, but it could be anywhere really.
Zach
Do not use a grease gun hose or a paintball gun hose. While they are more than adequate for the pressures involved, they are not rated for the temperatures involved in being screwed onto an engine.
The grease gun hose on my old car melted at the collar on the end that was screwed into the case, and resulted in oil getting everywhere. Chris at Tangerine Racing sells a SS braided hose with metal fittings. It's not on the website yet (I don't think), but you can contact him directly about it. I got one for my old car, and would never use anything else.
Here are pics of my old hose and the new one:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=272383&hl=oil+hose
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