Fitting oil pressure gauge?

[vwAndy]

This may have been answered if so could someone point me in the right direction?. How would i go about fitting and oil pressure gauge to my 1.9 petrol engine. main thing im confused about is what type and where to fit the pressure sender. Any help would be great thanks.

[Mr Bean]

Dunno but seems a good scheme in my book. Why on earth the silly sods have to poke a whole load of electronics between our oil pressure sensor and the light on the dash board is beyond me. Those German designers must have had too much time on their hands! KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid or should it be Keep It Stupid Simple?
Cheers
Glum Wolfie
(Only trouble is you will have to get used to the rather frightenning reading of a hot engine on tickover!)

[mike_gee32]

You need a gauge kit with an electric sender, I think the one I've got is made by TIM. This is how I fitted mine.
You will also need some high temp silicone, a two way adaptor and a capilary gauge fitting kit, the OE sender is between the push rod tubes on the NS under the pushrod shield and there isn't enough room for the large sender from the gauge down there.
To fit, take the pushrod shield off and undo the original sender.
Fit the capilary gauge fitting kit and pass the thin copper pipe past the pushrod tubes and up to the top of the engine, stick the pipe to one of the pushrod tubes with a blob of silicone and refit the shield.
Find somewhere on the top of the engine to fix the 2 way adaptor - there are a couple of 6mm threaded holes on the top of the block on the NS by the inlet manifold, you might have to make a bracket up.
Fit the adaptor with the original switch and the big new sender and connect the pipe to the adaptor, I put a couple of coils into the pipe to absorb vibrations.
Refit the wiring to the original switch and run a cable under the van and into the cab from the new sender.
Connect your gauge and find somewhere to stick it. Jobs done.

Brickwerks sell a flexi hose which has the correct threads for the oil switch, you could use one of those instead of the copper pipe but you'd have to find somewhere to secure it, the adaptor and sender securely.

[kevtherev]

two ways
electric and mechanical
mechanical is the cheapest. (and in my opinion the most accurate, if your a nerd for accuracy)

electrical is the easiest, most practical-put-the-guage-anywhere and is a very good guide to your pressure

[marcus_asparagus]

Andy,

This is how I did mine:
Bought the short flexible length of hose from Baxter and fitted in place of oil pressure switch between pushrod tubes. I then got the oil pressure sender with 2 connections on so you can keep the BOD and normal oil pressure leds.
Fitted this as per photo and secured it to pushrod cover plate. ( you've got to cut this plate to allow hose to poke through.)



Then ran a length of cable to front of van (multicore so I can use other wires in future) to connect to gauges, bought a set of 3 from Ebay, standard VDO ones.
Also used one of the wires to connect to the oil temp gauge, fed from sump plug sender.
Bought both senders from Machine7,



Job done, now I can watch all the goings on in the back instead of concentrating on the road!

Good luck.
Mark

[vwAndy]

Cheers guys.... much appreciated.