Actually, R & R of the sender is easy if you have the proper tool (loaned to
me by
Eddie Smith--Silicon Valley Performance) an open end wrench (just the end of
it) welded sticking out at right angles on the bottom of a deep socket. The
job then takes about 5 minutes.
Where is the idiot light connector?--"exhaust side" means nothing as there are
two.
Best regards,
Alan Lambert
--- En date de : Jeu 31.5.12, Brian Shorey <[email protected]> a icrit :
De: Brian Shorey <[email protected]>
Objet: Re: [alfa] Re: mech oil pressure gauge attachment
@: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "MarkWoodland" <[email protected]>, "Ben Ament"
<[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Jeudi 31 mai 2012, 5h38
I don't see why that wouldn't work.
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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. Could the Digest
> confirm
>> that the pressure-relief function of the oil pump might cause this
>> observation?
>>
>> modelle in somers point
>> 72 spider
>> 67 sprint veloce RHD
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