... oil pressure and oil temp gauges... electrical or mechanical?...
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Re: ... oil pressure and oil temp gauges... electrical or mechanical?... (1.8T_EG)
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You dont want oil to be plumbing between the engine department and cabin. Which is what mechnical will most likely do.
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You dont want oil to be plumbing between the engine department and cabin. Which is what mechnical will most likely do.
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Re: ... oil pressure and oil temp gauges... electrical or mechanical?... (DeepSi)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DeepSi »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You dont want oil to be plumbing between the engine department and cabin. Which is what mechnical will most likely do. </TD></TR></TABLE>
... is this true with a sender unit also?...
confused...
... also, is it safe to say that if you have an aftermarket oil pressure gauge... you can disconnect the display in the stock gauge cluster?... or would this throw an error code of some sort?... i am asking because i was wondering if i could use this location for something else... lemme know... thanks...
... is this true with a sender unit also?...
confused...... also, is it safe to say that if you have an aftermarket oil pressure gauge... you can disconnect the display in the stock gauge cluster?... or would this throw an error code of some sort?... i am asking because i was wondering if i could use this location for something else... lemme know... thanks...
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Re: ... oil pressure and oil temp gauges... electrical or mechanical?... (bruthaboost)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bruthaboost »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Electrical is "safer", however I love the simplicity and response of mechanical gauges.</TD></TR></TABLE>
is it true that all mechanical gauges route oil to the cabin?... if not, which ones dont?... thanks...
is it true that all mechanical gauges route oil to the cabin?... if not, which ones dont?... thanks...
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Re: ... oil pressure and oil temp gauges... electrical or mechanical?... (1.8T_EG)
all mechanical guages send oil into the cabin....how else would the guage work?????
and electrical guage has a presure sender that you would mount somewhere on the engine and it has wires that run into the cabin....
no oil in the cabin that way. but not as responsive. IMO
and electrical guage has a presure sender that you would mount somewhere on the engine and it has wires that run into the cabin....
no oil in the cabin that way. but not as responsive. IMO
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Re: ... oil pressure and oil temp gauges... electrical or mechanical?... (1.8T_EG)
Here is my input.
Mechanicals are very nice, they respond fast, have large 270deg sweep for cheap and they are actually more versitile.
Electricals are easy to wire, slower to respond, usually have crappy 90 deg sweep so they are not as accurate. You can get 270 deg sweep electrical, but they are 3 times the cost of the mechanical. Is that worth it?
As for liquid or dry, that is for engine mounted gauges or areas with alot of pulsed signal or vibration. If the signal has alot of pulsing or vibration, i.e. fuel pressure, the liquid filled will smooth the vibrations. A dry setup will just have a shaky needle.
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Mechanicals are very nice, they respond fast, have large 270deg sweep for cheap and they are actually more versitile.
Electricals are easy to wire, slower to respond, usually have crappy 90 deg sweep so they are not as accurate. You can get 270 deg sweep electrical, but they are 3 times the cost of the mechanical. Is that worth it?
As for liquid or dry, that is for engine mounted gauges or areas with alot of pulsed signal or vibration. If the signal has alot of pulsing or vibration, i.e. fuel pressure, the liquid filled will smooth the vibrations. A dry setup will just have a shaky needle.
HTH
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Re: ... oil pressure and oil temp gauges... electrical or mechanical?... (RGAZ)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RGAZ »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Here is my input.
Mechanicals are very nice, they respond fast, have large 270deg sweep for cheap and they are actually more versitile.
Electricals are easy to wire, slower to respond, usually have crappy 90 deg sweep so they are not as accurate. You can get 270 deg sweep electrical, but they are 3 times the cost of the mechanical. Is that worth it?
As for liquid or dry, that is for engine mounted gauges or areas with alot of pulsed signal or vibration. If the signal has alot of pulsing or vibration, i.e. fuel pressure, the liquid filled will smooth the vibrations. A dry setup will just have a shaky needle.
HTH
Randy</TD></TR></TABLE>
what about the smoothness being laggy in applications where you want to see any instantaneous spikes, like with boost or a/f or electrical. the rest i guess you can deal with lag rather than it being shaky all the time, like oil pressure/temps.
Mechanicals are very nice, they respond fast, have large 270deg sweep for cheap and they are actually more versitile.
Electricals are easy to wire, slower to respond, usually have crappy 90 deg sweep so they are not as accurate. You can get 270 deg sweep electrical, but they are 3 times the cost of the mechanical. Is that worth it?
As for liquid or dry, that is for engine mounted gauges or areas with alot of pulsed signal or vibration. If the signal has alot of pulsing or vibration, i.e. fuel pressure, the liquid filled will smooth the vibrations. A dry setup will just have a shaky needle.
HTH
Randy</TD></TR></TABLE>
what about the smoothness being laggy in applications where you want to see any instantaneous spikes, like with boost or a/f or electrical. the rest i guess you can deal with lag rather than it being shaky all the time, like oil pressure/temps.
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Re: ... oil pressure and oil temp gauges... electrical or mechanical?... (DeepSi)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DeepSi »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">electrical
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You dont want oil to be plumbing between the engine department and cabin. Which is what mechnical will most likely do. </TD></TR></TABLE>
What he said.
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You dont want oil to be plumbing between the engine department and cabin. Which is what mechnical will most likely do. </TD></TR></TABLE>
What he said.
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Re: ... oil pressure and oil temp gauges... electrical or mechanical?... (XDEep)
All devices have inherent lag. It helps smooth the needle movement.
The A/F is electrical only so no deal there.
Boost will resond very fast and mechanical is really the only option.
Randy
The A/F is electrical only so no deal there.
Boost will resond very fast and mechanical is really the only option.
Randy
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