i just purchased a autometer oil pressure gauge and i was trying to install it but i was talking to some people about it and they were telling me an entirely different way then what the instructions were saying so i was trying to see if anyone has installed one and my have some advice for me

 

I ran a steal braided line to the sensor unit, mine is not autometer but Im sure they work the same. do not use a rubber line, to risky if it busts, then you got a real problem on your hands, driving with no oil!

 

I got a Bspt fitting to Npt fitting and hooked that sucker up where the current one is. I also had a T for that as well. Ive yet to send a signal to it yet because its on my B20 which is going in very soon.

Blaze

 

Where do you run the line too? Thats what we are not sure of. We know you run a line under the hood, but where? Do yout aket he oil sensor unit out or what?

 

electric or mechanical gauge?

on my electrical...you take out the origional sensor and screw the autometer one in....and run one wire back to the gauge.

follow the instructions...autometer knows how to install their own gauges!

 

this is the only way i would connect the oil pressure gauge. i've heard too many horror stories of people cracking their block when they hang the sender off the back of the block.

http://www.theoldone.com/articles/oilpressure/

 

agreed.

http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/l...s/sslinein.jpg

 

also how do you keep the little peice of tubing inside the brass fittings? Should I just buy a steal braided line to run from the gauge to the sending unit or what not?

 

it keep the nylon hose in the fitting, you use a compression fitting like this one: