Anyone DIY their own oil temp gauge? Is it hard to wire and what not?

 

The easiest way is to buy a oil cooler with a pre tapped sensor bung on the sandwich adapter. The other is to get a oil pan spacer with pre tapped bung and the hardest way is to drill your lower oil pan.

 

Erik - I'll be hittin' you up when I have this done this winter

 

here's how mines is setup.

 

Can't you just use a sandwhich adapter plate without the oil cooler and place it between the oil filter and wire up the gauge from there?

(From left to right) OIL SANDWICH PLATE, PRESSURE/TEMP SENDER, NEW OIL FILTER

 

kRAM, that's what I saw today when I just googled DIY oil temp gauge lol. Problem is, I don't know **** about electronics, so while the sensor might be the easiest part to install, I'd somehow completely screw up installing the gauge.

I might do the whole thing with the oil cooler though, just because I've been contemplating getting an oil cooler as it is.

 

Oh and another completely noob question: anyone know if there are any wireless gauges that "receive" information from the sensor?

I think I'm just more confused to how the relay of information actually works.

 

just get a water temp guage...

 

what would the water temp gauge do?

 

here
Whats the difference between oil temperature and water temp gauges? - Yahoo! Answers

 

You don't want to know your oil temp, it'll just ruin your driving experience. Lol

 

wow! i'm glad you googled that for me! thanks!

 

here's a pic of how my gauge is setup and yes i know what's the difference between a water temp and oil temp.

 

youre the kind of person that gives forums a bad reputation, you should def stick with a g37

 

oh yeah? how so?