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PROJECT R32 - OIL GAUGE 12/05/02 - As I was having problems with fluctuating oil pressure (hope it's just a faulty Nissan pressure sender), so I thought I'd fit a mechanical oil gauge (£20), easy task ?, you would think so.... The sender is located on the block to the left and below the oil filter... had a bit of struggle getting it out due to it's awkward location...Ummm, not a 'standard' thread on the sender, no problem I'll tap the hole to fit a 1/8 BSP tee, so what did I do ?, my straight 'plug' tap would not 'bite' so just ended up reaming the hole, now neither will fit !!... rethink needed. Down to my local engineer's tool shop and order 'taper' tap 1/8 BSP-t (£20 eekk!!), a day later it's here, a wee bit of cutting compound and it's done, in with tee (1/8 BSP-t), PTFE tape on the old sender, as it is loose-ish fit, fit pipework and gauge (no honest, the gauge is just fixed there as temporary measure :-) Fire up 65 PSI at 900rpm cool !!!... go for a testing 'run' :-)), once hot I get 20psi at 1000rpm, 40psi at 2000rpm, 60psi at 3500rpm and 'stable' too, pretty much as spec.... although strangely the standard gauge was working OK as well, but less accurate showing 2bar (30psi) at 2000rpm, I will keep an eye on it though...
23/05/02 - Repositioned the gauge, quite easy to cut a 50mm hole in dash through an existing blank plate (same as the adjacent alarm LED) , much tidier eh !! :-)
Written by Rons 2002. Any comments or thoughts, please mail alex@skylinegts.co.uk |
