Like it says, I have a H22 in a Civic. Just wondering which is better/easier to install...

 

they are both about the same to install. I would install the electrical because then you dont have to run an oil line inside the car. If you ever get a cut in the line you will have a mess.

 

Thanks, thats the kind of stuff I was wondering..

 

So is 0-100 psi fine???

 

Yeah, that should work fine.
Dan

 

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i prefer the mechanical gauges, and run some SS lines inside of your car to the gauge

 

Why electric is easier and less chance of problems?

 

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because you have a sender unit inside the engine bay, and you just run the signal wire to the gauge

 

I once had a friend that had the mechanical in the car. someone broke in and stole the gauges. he was pissed but couldnt do anything about it. He forgot about the oil line not being connected because the gauge was gone and got a nice bit of oil inside the car. not very nice to clean up.

 

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I think he meant why do you prefer a mechanical gauge?

I have a Greddy electric oil pressure gauge. I didn't really want to deal with running hot oil into my car

-Josh

 

I'll pass on running a pressurized oil line into the passenger compartment. Electric with fries, please.

 

is there actually any advantage to having a mechanical oil pressure gauge? i know with certain types of gauges mechanical is better than electric because they are more accurate......is that the case with the oil pressure gauge as well? i guess either way the gauge is eventually converted to electric anyway, whether the sending unit is external or inside the gauge. either way they have to convert how much pressure they are seeing into something humans can comprehend. so i would think the margin of error would be the same for either.

 

Well I went with a electric one....

 

i would say that mechanical gauges are more reliable and lasts longer

 

Mechanical = Possible car fire (oil burns too), scalding 210+ degree oil spewing into the cabin, spraying or even leaking everywhere if one of your lines starts to come undone or you just didn't use enough teflon spray.

Electrical = Senders go bad every once and a while (oil sender went bad after... 4 years? Replaced it for $30), not quite as accurate (maybe 1-2 psi diff, nothing that most would care about), as for the gauge lasting each gauge is designed the same way so the gauge itself will last the same.

Anything that is under heat or pressure = not put into the cabin in my book. Plus electrical is MUCH easier to run.