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| Montreal914 |
 Sep 3 2012, 04:16 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,818 Joined: 8-August 10 From: Claremont, CA Member No.: 12,023 Region Association: Southern California 
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I'm looking at the best way to install the oil pressure sending unit (keeping the distruibutor in place) and when I see the high pressure line installation (greaser or paint gun) I wonder what happens to the air that is trapped. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
Do people usually purge the line by unscrewing the sender a bit? Does the air eventually escape (how and why)? Couldn't this cause a momentary oil starvation? Where else (or how) do you install the sender without having a dead end air trap situation? Thank you for your input (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| Dave_Darling |
Sep 4 2012, 12:07 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,161 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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I have one of the old relocation kits that basically gave you a grease gun hose, some adaptors, and a bracket. No issues, no problems that I have observed with air pockets.
The pipe solution is just begging for the hole in the case to break. Especially if you have the sender for the gauge, which is rather larger and heavier than the stock sender for the warning light. --DD |
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| worn |
Sep 5 2012, 04:52 AM
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Winner of the Utah Twisted Joint Award Group: Members Posts: 3,470 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Sep 4 2012, 10:07 AM)  I have one of the old relocation kits that basically gave you a grease gun hose, some adaptors, and a bracket. No issues, no problems that I have observed with air pockets. The pipe solution is just begging for the hole in the case to break. Especially if you have the sender for the gauge, which is rather larger and heavier than the stock sender for the warning light. --DD Well I used soft copper, silver soldering the ends. The line bends pretty easy, but not unless you want it to. It may work harden with time, but it is never going to be much of a lever on the case. The air is a non-issue. It compresses until it is at oil pressure. |
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Montreal914 remote pressure sender Sep 3 2012, 04:16 PM
minnesota loon I used a grease gun hose it worked for a while but... Sep 4 2012, 08:38 AM
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I used a grease gun hose it worked for a while bu... Sep 4 2012, 08:46 AM cary I've had mine on a dead end hose for 10 years.... Sep 4 2012, 08:50 AM Montreal914 I'm not sure I would go with a rigid tube beca... Sep 4 2012, 08:50 PM aircooledtechguy One thing to remember when using a remote hose, is... Sep 5 2012, 08:58 AM |
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