Oil Pressure Gauge

[TheLaughingMan]

I wanted to get some advice in regards to all of this. So I've read through this thread, as well as some others, but I still can't decide which route is best to go.

So I have a FI setup and the oil galley plug near the alternate is where the turbo gets its oil, so that is out of the picture (maybe). Sandwich plate is also iffy as I have the Forester XT OEM oil cooler.

I want to get the Innovate dual oil temp/pressure gauge but am not sure where to place the sensors.

I have seen people use sandwich plates with the XT OEM oil cooler...but it seems janky to me (but maybe I'm wrong and it's totally fine). Apparently some people also use the XT OEM oil cooler with an aftermarket air/oil cooler with an additional sandwich plate.



Another solution I tried to think of was to use the Killer B Dual Oil Sender Adapter in combination with a remote oil pressure sending kit placed at the stock oil pressure location. This would allow me to retain the stock pressure sensor (not that I'd really need it)



I would love to put the temperature sensor there and just forget the stock pressure sensor, but just based on images it looks like the temperature sensor is too long to fit into that adapter.

So if I went that route, I then don't know where to put the temperature sensor

One idea I had was to T off of galley plug so the turbo still gets oil from there, but the temperature sensor is mounted to the T directly?



Obviously I want to put both sensors in locations where they are going to provide the most accurate information. People say that Innovate says not to place the sensors too close to the stock temperature sensor, though I'm not sure why.

Thoughts/opinions?

[Lunatic]

Originally Posted by srscion

Do you have a problem with the accuracy of that oil pressure gauge. I have the same gauge and my oil pressure has always read lower than other people that have different brands of oil pressure gauges. Its possible the sensor is ruined because the startup oil pressure exceeds the limit of the gauge and its sensor.

Yes, I do believe it read a bit low, at least at idle. I have replaced it with a mechanical gauge.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by TheLaughingMan

I wanted to get some advice in regards to all of this. So I've read through this thread, as well as some others, but I still can't decide which route is best to go.

So I have a FI setup and the oil galley plug near the alternate is where the turbo gets its oil, so that is out of the picture (maybe). Sandwich plate is also iffy as I have the Forester XT OEM oil cooler.

I want to get the Innovate dual oil temp/pressure gauge but am not sure where to place the sensors.

I have seen people use sandwich plates with the XT OEM oil cooler...but it seems janky to me (but maybe I'm wrong and it's totally fine). Apparently some people also use the XT OEM oil cooler with an aftermarket air/oil cooler with an additional sandwich plate.



Another solution I tried to think of was to use the Killer B Dual Oil Sender Adapter in combination with a remote oil pressure sending kit placed at the stock oil pressure location. This would allow me to retain the stock pressure sensor (not that I'd really need it)



I would love to put the temperature sensor there and just forget the stock pressure sensor, but just based on images it looks like the temperature sensor is too long to fit into that adapter.

So if I went that route, I then don't know where to put the temperature sensor

One idea I had was to T off of galley plug so the turbo still gets oil from there, but the temperature sensor is mounted to the T directly?



Obviously I want to put both sensors in locations where they are going to provide the most accurate information. People say that Innovate says not to place the sensors too close to the stock temperature sensor, though I'm not sure why.

Thoughts/opinions?

If needing to know the oil temp is important to you, don't get the innovate dual gauge. It is hard to read and the accuracy of the bar graph is not very fine.

The pressure sending unit is pretty large and I would be concerned about putting it in place of the OE unit. I would use the remote mounting setup from fast WRX as you have linked.

[TheLaughingMan]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

If needing to know the oil temp is important to you, don't get the innovate dual gauge. It is hard to read and the accuracy of the bar graph is not very fine.

The pressure sending unit is pretty large and I would be concerned about putting it in place of the OE unit. I would use the remote mounting setup from fast WRX as you have linked.

I'm thinking now of using a sandwich plate for just the temperature and then using the KillerB + remote mounting setup at the stock oil pressure sensor location for pressure.

That sounds like it will give me the best readings (well, temperature would be better obtained from the pan...but it sounds like the next best is sandwich).