Hey Folks,

Looking for a quick bit of help. Never trust someone else to look up a part # for you and then order it. Stuck with a oil pressure guage i'm being advised against installing.

Ended up ordering a mechanical oil pressure guage instead of the electrical one. Does anyone here run a mechanical guage instead of electrical? I'm being advised against it by some of the guys at work that I don't really want a line comming up to the dash filled with oil.

Pros vs Cons? Which would you run if it was your car. Bad experience, no problems? Help for which way to go (sell it as "used" and re-buy another guage, electrical this time).

-Rik

 

Alot of people I know run a mechanical gauge and have had 0 problems. I'm sure you're worried about it exploding and spewing hot oil all over, but I haven't seen it happen. Its all up to the installer, I guess.

 

Mechanical with stainless feedline. People who say don't do it either haven't done it before, or didn't install it right.

 

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Couldn't of said it better.

 

It's not reccomended to run a mechanical oil pressure gauge in the cabin for the same reason it isn't reccomended to run a mechanical fuel pressure gauge. There's a chance(in an accident, faulty lines, stray bullet, etc) it could fail and expose whatever's in the cabin(you, passengers, pets, etc) to hot engine oil. It may be unlikely, given the gauge is installed correctly, lines are run properly, and you've taken the necessary precautions to minimize the the chance of some component in the system failing, but nevertheless, it CAN happen. Whether or not you feel comfortable with that risk is up to you. Personally, I would just return or resell the mechanical gauge, get an electrical one, and not worry about it.

 

it won't pass certain track inspections either...

 

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Which ones?

 

I don't see a stainless line failing unless you install it like an idiot. I'm going mech because I've heard from various people the autometer electrical sending unit is unreliable, and breaks. maybe bad luck for them. I'd stay mech if I were you. 100 % accurate.