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aftermarket oil temp & water temp gauge info needed

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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 12:09 PM
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Default aftermarket oil temp & water temp gauge info needed

installing an aftermarket oil temp gauge today and was wondering if anyone knew which color wire inside the distributor is the oil tempature(was told the temp would come from the distributor). which color wire on coolant temp sensor runs to water temp gauge as well. if someone knows i would greatly appreciated.. tried to search but didnt find anything
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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buy the electric full sweep guages that come with sender units. which is what i plan on doing.
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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i dont think there is an oil temperture sensor only oil pressure, you need a sender like anon said
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:30 PM
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Default Re: aftermarket oil temp & water temp gauge info needed

Originally Posted by performs
installing an aftermarket oil temp gauge today and was wondering if anyone knew which color wire inside the distributor is the oil tempature(was told the temp would come from the distributor). which color wire on coolant temp sensor runs to water temp gauge as well. if someone knows i would greatly appreciated.. tried to search but didnt find anything
most people including myself run a 'sandwich' adaptor that threads in between the block and your oil filter.

my guages are tapped through that for the oil temp and oil pressure.

here's the one i'm using (Al-Fit brand, distributed through Tein):
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