For those of you with oil temp and pressure gauges...

[reelizmpro]

Well, not "proven" - but that's been a few people experience.



I've never heard this - I'll look into it - my guess is that it's flat wrong. But for the time being, I wouldn't trust a single thing anyone at DDM told you. They are a bunch of idiots.

Hmmmm OK. 2 identical sensors installed in different locations on the same engine reading about 10 degrees different is enough proof for me. I couldn't find any information about the pressure senders having to be 45 degrees of vertical but I thought I'd mention it. Jim Powell didn't tell me anything but he can verify this since I know he's experienced the same issues with VDO's on his E36 well before DDM was around. He mentions it in one of his write ups.

[george graves]

I'll say it again, you can toss out the window anything anyone from DDm tells you.

And unless you install a sensor into both the pan and then filter/head at the same time and take readings and data log them, it's not "proven" - it's what someone experienced. I'm not saying it's not the case...it's just not very exact now is it?

[reelizmpro]

I'll say it again, you can toss out the window anything anyone from DDm tells you.

And unless you install a sensor into both the pan and then filter/head at the same time and take readings and data log them, it's not "proven" - it's what someone experienced. I'm not saying it's not the case...it's just not very exact now is it?

I don't see the difference between what I'm saying and what you're saying. I have both identical sensors installed, same wiring and same gauge. The difference is the location of the reading and sensor on the block reads about 10-15 degrees hotter than the one in the pan when I switch the wiring between the two which might I add correlates with the oil thermostat I installed. There's no need to datalog oil temperature. It's clear, one reading is where it should be and the other is way off.

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To bring an old thread back to life.

I put oil temp and press gauges in my jetta this past weekend. I used one of the sandwich adapters. Only issue I had with it was that it didn't ground the senders good enough, maybe its due to the anodizing. Either way I put eye connectors below the senders (not in the pic) and properly grounded them.





My oil runs around 210. I've seen it go as high as 230 when I had it floored going up a steep hill.