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oil press light
RK - 1/2/09 at 04:39 PM

Gauge is easy: 3 pins: one for gnd, one for sender, one for power.

How do I get a warning light to go on when there is low pressure/voltage? Searching has revealing absolutely nothing on this!


prawnabie - 1/2/09 at 04:43 PM

Id put a t-piece into the block and screw the sender and an seperate oil pressure switch into it. Run a wire from the switch to a light, and also a live to the light too.


Guinness - 1/2/09 at 04:44 PM

You need a separate sender. A switch rather than a variable one.

You can get them in different ratings / pressures to suit your engine.

Basically wire from live, through a fuse, through the lamp, to the pressure switch, to earth (dependant on type).

Mike


RK - 1/2/09 at 04:48 PM

But isn't the sender attached to the engine?


Guinness - 1/2/09 at 05:27 PM

Yup, the sender is attached to the engine, which hopefully will be attached to the chassis, via an earth strap.

My set up goes roughly as follows:-

Engine - taping in the main oil gallery - short length of flexible pipe - tpiece - oil pressure sender on one side - oil pressure switch on the other side.

Oil temp sender is in the sump to try to avoid heat soak from the block.

HTH

Mike


RK - 1/2/09 at 05:34 PM

Thanks very much, but for me those options are far too advanced.

I will go without one I think. I have the gauge already, so that'll do.


stevebubs - 1/2/09 at 05:56 PM

Oil pressure senders often have 2 terminals.

One goes to the gauge, the other is a switched earth for a low pressure light...


RK - 1/2/09 at 05:58 PM

Music to my ears Stevebubs!! Thank you very much everyone.