I don't see why that wouldn't work. Sent from my iPad 3
On May 30, 2012, at 7:03 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Brian, > The oil sending unit is such a pain to access that I remove the starter to > clear a path. Is it possible to use the idiot-light indicator sending unit on > the exhaust side of the engine? > > Thanks to you and to all. > > modelle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brian Shorey <[email protected]> > To: alan lambert <[email protected]> > Cc: MarkWoodland <[email protected]>, Ben Ament <[email protected]>, > [email protected], [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 31 May 2012 00:35:16 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [alfa] Oil pressure vagaries > > I have no idea what the thread is for the stock sender unit, but the easiest > way would be to get a mechanical gauge that uses the same thread and then > thread it in where the stock sender goes. That's what I've done for dash > mounted gauges in my Spider and an old GTV6. > bs > > Sent from my iPad 3 > On May 30, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Alan Lambert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting--my GTV-6 starts out by pinning the oil pressure gauge until > thoroughly warm, then looking normal at slightly below mid gauge. But---until > driven for a while, it zooms up, then down, then up again--I assumed the pump > was behaving wierdly. > > What's the easiest way to hook up a mechanical gauge? > > Best regards, > > Alan Lambert > > > > --- En date de : Mer 30.5.12, Brian Shorey <[email protected]> a C)crit : > > De: Brian Shorey <[email protected]> > Objet: Re: [alfa] Oil pressure vagaries > C: "Woodland, Mark" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Ben Ament" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Mercredi 30 mai 2012, 16h48 > > Before you do anything, hook up a mechanical gauge and see what the oil > pressure is really doing. Impossible to diagnose anything without having an > idea what's really happening, until then all we can do is guess. > > bs > > Sent from my iPad 3 > > On May 30, 2012, at 9:26 AM, "Woodland, Mark" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Not to be a contrarian, but when the plug dropped out of my crank, it had >> (maybe) 20 psi at higher RPMs, but dropped off to > between zero and not-much > at >> an idle.. >> >> As always, y.m.m.v.. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben >> Ament >> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:23 PM >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [alfa] Oil pressure vagaries >> >> Modelle - >> This sounds like a classic case of a plug dropping out of the crank. If you >> remove the oil pan, you should find a small, aluminum plug that has been >> peened on one end. The best > solution is to remove the crank and then tap > and >> replace all of the plugs with countersunk Allen bolts. >> >> Ben >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:44 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [alfa] Oil pressuer vagaries >> >> Gentle Alfisti, >> >> Spica spider oil pressure was reading low, so as I have done in the past, >> r&r'd the sending unit. Now the pressure indicates better than 57 > pounds >> (straight up on the dial) at idle and then falls to below this level at > higher >> rpms. It does the opposite of what I would expect. 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