Oil Pressure Sender Unit Fitment Question - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Captain Snooze · 07-06-2013, 01:19 AM

I am contemplating fitting a T piece/3 way junction between the the male fitting on the filter plate and the female fitting on the hose so I can mount a sender unit in the oil line to (or from) the cooler. That is, between the the parts indicated by the arrows. Do you think that the T piece would handle the vibration from the engine and the torque the hose would place on it?
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Dezoris · 07-06-2013, 01:27 AM

Is there a reason why you would not use the port on the block for it instead?

I dont see how you would get an accurate reading from the send or return lines when thermostat is not fully open?

Captain Snooze · 07-06-2013, 01:41 AM

There is insufficient room to use the port on the block. I am hypothesising that the thermostat would only have to be fractionally open before you would get a pressure reading. That is, one is reading pressure not flow. Even so, I am not concerned with oil pressure readings before the engine has reached operating temperature.

07-06-2013, 01:19 AM	#1
Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,817 Thanks: 4,046 Thanked 9,548 Times in 4,194 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Oil Pressure Sender Unit Fitment Question I am contemplating fitting a T piece/3 way junction between the the male fitting on the filter plate and the female fitting on the hose so I can mount a sender unit in the oil line to (or from) the cooler. That is, between the the parts indicated by the arrows. Do you think that the T piece would handle the vibration from the engine and the torque the hose would place on it?

07-06-2013, 01:27 AM	#2
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07-06-2013, 01:41 AM	#3
Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,817 Thanks: 4,046 Thanked 9,548 Times in 4,194 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	There is insufficient room to use the port on the block. I am hypothesising that the thermostat would only have to be fractionally open before you would get a pressure reading. That is, one is reading pressure not flow. Even so, I am not concerned with oil pressure readings before the engine has reached operating temperature.

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