He's talking about the inline 4.. Sent from my iPad 3
On May 31, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Alan Lambert <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 C)crit : > > De: Brian Shorey <[email protected]> > Objet: Re: [alfa] Re: mech oil pressure gauge attachment > C: "[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. > > 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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