ion_four

To make a long story short...I hooked up a line from the stock sender location, and when I turned on the car, the CEL did NOT come on, but I noticed that the wire to the sender wasn't even connected! Does the sender only put out a voltage, or make a circuit when the pressure is low? Or, is there something wrong...?

DSF

The sender is nothing more than a switch. At low oil pressure (@4psi I've been told), the switch completes a circuit to ground. It has nothing to do with the CEL. I don't run the stock sender on either of my cars.

RGAZ

Yep, that's right. You can leave the sender disconnected and it will not set a CEL. It only goes to ground if the pressure is under 4psi. You can leave it disconnected.

Randy

ion_four

Thanks guys, just want to make sure I'm not going to get myself into any trouble. I'm going to get an oil pressure gauge, so it'll be all good. I already have one, but it is a POS.

so, if I disconnected the sender from the oil line and had it still connected to the dash wire, I should get a light, correct?

I've read your site a bunch, Randy, very useful! However, I went to an oil filter/hose shop yesterday and I learned that there is a difference between BSP and BSPT fittings (ie. taper). Your parts list says you used a BSP fitting, as alot of other people have. Has it given you any trouble? I bought both and couldn't get the BSP in after a couple tries, and the BSPT just went right in. It was also only $5 for the adapter, as compared to $13 for the BSP.


[Modified by ion_four, 6:48 PM 6/6/2002]

DSF

Yes. But why would you do that?

Xerxes

BSPT is definitely the one you want to use.

-Xerxes

ion_four

To make sure that the dash light and sender are working. Extra insurance.

RGAZ

The site is incorrect, it should say BSPT, not BSP. I got the adapter for $5 from Autozone. Good catch. Gary did most of the work on the site. We are getting sick and tired of people asking a million newbie questions, so we haven't been updating the site recently. We are letting Jeff Frank at http://www.homemadeturbo.com deal with the mass of newbies now. He's blown up 5 engines learning about turbos, we haven't broken anything yet.

Randy