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| ThePaintedMan |
 Apr 3 2012, 11:00 AM
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Hello all,
I've searched this topic already, so I'm pretty sure I know whats up. I ordered a set of VDOs, per your suggestions and started wiring them up. Right now, the CHT is in and working (haven't seen temps over 325 yet, which is very cool!) but the oil temp gauge is giving me problems. I am using a billet taco plate made by a gentleman in the UK with a VDO sender. Everything seems to be wired correctly, as the needle does move off its resting position after several minutes. However, I haven't seem oil temps over 130 degrees yet and this is after driving the car about 10 miles at a time. Is it possible I have the wrong sender for the gauge? I ordered them from egauges.com which I believe got the order correct. Unfortunately I'm not sure if I still have the box for the sender to verify the ohms. Would a mismatched sender yield lower temp readings? How about thread tape? Can't remember if I put any on the sender threads... Maybe my engine just simply runs this cool, but 130 degrees sounds pretty darn low. Thanks gents! |
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ThePaintedMan Oil temp gauge screwy Apr 3 2012, 11:00 AM
markb If you put tape on the threads, that would insulat... Apr 3 2012, 11:13 AM
ThePaintedMan
If you put tape on the threads, that would insula... Apr 3 2012, 11:27 AM tradisrad The sender should be stamped with its value. Apr 3 2012, 11:25 AM ThePaintedMan
The sender should be stamped with its value.
Ah... Apr 3 2012, 11:29 AM tradisrad Not the sender we use, but it shows the stamped va... Apr 3 2012, 11:36 AM markb It sounds like you did things correctly. Maybe 10 ... Apr 3 2012, 11:38 AM ThePaintedMan Okay, I'm not feeling so bad about this then. ... Apr 3 2012, 11:59 AM 76-914 The new style senders are shorter than OEM thus on... Apr 3 2012, 06:17 PM ThePaintedMan Update: I got up underneath the car and verified i... Apr 7 2012, 02:47 PM 76-914
Update: I got up underneath the car and verified ... Apr 7 2012, 06:45 PM  |
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