I just recently installed my turbo, the other I was boosting and the oil

pressure gauge just dropped all of sudden. Tested the gauge and it

works , what would be the problem causing that the oil sending

unit to go bad that fast. Just bought new sender, hopefully that's the

problem.


any suggestion Phantom electrical gauge 100psi

 

anybody

 

how low is the pressure? mine goes down well below 25 at idle once the engine is warm. when i start the car its at 75.

 

is the sender grounded properly? if u installed with a metal bracket holding the sender to the body of the car the unit should be automatically grounded, but otherwise you have to ground the unit itself to work properly or it'll go wacky. i had a metal bracket that screwed into the firewall and it held the sender, and when i first installed it wasn't grounded well until i adjusted it a bit.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Pengo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is the sender grounded properly? if u installed with a metal bracket holding the sender to the body of the car the unit should be automatically grounded, but otherwise you have to ground the unit itself to work properly or it'll go wacky. i had a metal bracket that screwed into the firewall and it held the sender, and when i first installed it wasn't grounded well until i adjusted it a bit. </TD></TR></TABLE>

If you haven't done this, I'm willing to bet my life this is your problem. other than that, it wouldn't be your sender that is broken, it would be your gauge......

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kabaroo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how low is the pressure? mine goes down well below 25 at idle once the engine is warm. when i start the car its at 75. </TD></TR></TABLE>

The sender goes down to 15 and at full throttle it goes past 100 b/c of the turbo

 

don't understand what you mean, isn't it grounded when I screw it into

the block . Why would I have to put two ground to make it work, it

worked fine before I had the turbo.

 

autometer suggests NOT to screw the sender into the block and mount it on the firewall.. im having some issues w/ my sender and need to get a bracket and attempt to ground it better.. i know i have good oil pressure for right now, but once i get it tuned everything will be working correctly!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Boostfedb18c1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">autometer suggests NOT to screw the sender into the block and mount it on the firewall.. im having some issues w/ my sender and need to get a bracket and attempt to ground it better.. i know i have good oil pressure for right now, but once i get it tuned everything will be working correctly!</TD></TR></TABLE>

How is it going to read pressure if it's mounted on the firewall

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lexvdub1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

How is it going to read pressure if it's mounted on the firewall </TD></TR></TABLE>

talk to stan over at fast-turbo.com and get firewall kit..

 

boostfed I don't care what they say, you're a swell guy LOL

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lexvdub1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">boostfed I don't care what they say, you're a swell guy LOL</TD></TR></TABLE>

np bro...

 

when installing the line for the sender pulling old sensor out of block) does oil leak out or how does the work??

 

Dude, how old are you? You can barely spell and type a complete sentence.

 

If you don't have one, add a multi-meter to your tool box - $20 at sears and you can answer all your questions regarding grounding and many other electrical gremlins that'll pop up.

 

i have the some setup as you... i put the sender on the block. no problems yet... but i dont see anything wrong with sender. mine does the same thing. Is 20 psi at idle and above 75psi at WOT wrong? someone fill me in please.

 

yo i'm pist, last night I was driving normal for the first time. Then the car sputters, I pulled over. The f@cking oil feed line fitting broke from the block, I waited two weeks for that peice from Tuner Toys to hook my turbo up and what do you know, it's the first one to go.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by m R g S r &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Dude, how old are you? You can barely spell and type a complete sentence. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Sorry, I was tired last night when I got off working a 13 hour day, and I wanted to know if oil leaked out when you pulled the old oil sensor. I don't know how old you are but you need to grow up.

 

not much oil will leak out of the sender unit when you remove it.. a little but its not gonna pour out like when changing your oil

 

not you thinknology, I'm talking about the orignal poster. <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lexvdub1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just recently installed my turbo, the other I was boosting and the oil

pressure gauge just dropped all of sudden. Tested the gauge and it

works , what would be the problem causing that the oil sending

unit to go bad that fast. Just bought new sender, hopefully that's the

problem.


any suggestion Phantom electrical gauge 100psi </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lexvdub1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The f@cking oil feed line fitting broke from the block.</TD></TR></TABLE>

How EXACTLY did you have it hooked up? Did you have the sender screwed into the tuner toys adapter which was screwed into the block??

 

who gives a **** if he can write a full sentence or not, this is a tech forum not an english class.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lexvdub1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yo i'm pist, last night I was driving normal for the first time. Then the car sputters, I pulled over. The f@cking oil feed line fitting broke from the block, I waited two weeks for that peice from Tuner Toys to hook my turbo up and what do you know, it's the first one to go.</TD></TR></TABLE>

next time buy from Stan at fast-turbo...
i have a feeling tunertoys gave you the wrong fitting!

 

yes the sender was hooked up to the oil fitting (bad idea)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Flexmyrex &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">who gives a **** if he can write a full sentence or not, this is a tech forum not an english class.</TD></TR></TABLE>



it is easier to understand a person when they do speak correct english.. but its not a big deal..