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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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Gauge Install! Help (Again)

Well are there any How-to's on the Oil pressure Gauge/Wideband/Boost Gauge??

Or can anyone explain to me?


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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 07:09 PM
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i can help u with the oil pressure and the wide band, the boost, if its mech and not electric, u gotta splice into the boost line i dont know where that is. The wideband, u have to weld a grommet,( is that what its called?? lol ) onto ur downpipe so u can screw in the sensor u got with the gauge, and then just hook it up. the oil pressure is a pain in the ass. someone put that pic up from in the back of the motor under the turbo and show him where the oil galley plug is, its gonna take some fance work with some extentions and socket and wrench to get it out and to get the sender in there, took me 2 hours. but i can help u ask whatu will.
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 07:14 PM
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i just ordered my final adapter for my oil pressure ill take pics for when i do that...if you want to wait...its real easy and should not take 2 hours...no more than 30 mins

but there should be a how to in the how to section
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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what do you need for the Oil pressure gauge?
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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what do you need for the Oil pressure gauge?
you need to get yourself a set of standard to metric adaptors for the oil pressure gauge to feed into the block properly any auto parts store who sells gauges will have those. why are you doing a wideband sensor just get a intercepter automatically reads it and that is a simple install
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 11:39 PM
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i just ordered my final adapter for my oil pressure ill take pics for when i do that...if you want to wait...its real easy and should not take 2 hours...no more than 30 mins

but there should be a how to in the how to section
ha ha, have u tried to install it yet? well tell me it takes 30 minutes when ur done, sure it takes 30 minutes after the hour and a half of figureing out how to get at the plug, it looks easier than it is trust me. If he can get someone to tell him what tools to use and what extentions ya it will go faster, but if u have to figure it out on ur own, good luck doing it in 30.

And dont use the plug on the side of the cylinder head, it wont work, it will give u the wrong pressure.
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Old Jul 11, 2009 | 02:02 AM
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should i get another gauge?? cause the oil pressure seems hard lol... and just do a simple gaugge? (i only got it for filler)
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Old Jul 11, 2009 | 03:45 AM
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ha ha, have u tried to install it yet? well tell me it takes 30 minutes when ur done, sure it takes 30 minutes after the hour and a half of figureing out how to get at the plug, it looks easier than it is trust me. If he can get someone to tell him what tools to use and what extentions ya it will go faster, but if u have to figure it out on ur own, good luck doing it in 30.

And dont use the plug on the side of the cylinder head, it wont work, it will give u the wrong pressure.
ok man....first off i will install it on the front of the engine behind the IM....that takes like 5 mins to take off....and then i will install my adapter run my line to the electronic sending unit...this way i dont have to run an actual oil line inside the cabin. and then i just have to do the wiring...and its only 4 wires...its not going to take over a fucken hour....i think i know

and well i have already loosened up the oil plug...that took like a few seconds...its not hard...some of you guys are crazy
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Old Jul 11, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by mrsilent13
ok man....first off i will install it on the front of the engine behind the IM....that takes like 5 mins to take off....and then i will install my adapter run my line to the electronic sending unit...this way i dont have to run an actual oil line inside the cabin. and then i just have to do the wiring...and its only 4 wires...its not going to take over a fucken hour....i think i know

and well i have already loosened up the oil plug...that took like a few seconds...its not hard...some of you guys are crazy
i didnt bother with the one under the manifold it looked harder to do than the one i did. but if that one is quicker, good, then i recomend he do that, cause the other one in the back is a huge pain in the ass. i thought the wires being that close to the turbo would melt em, but apperantly not, lol so its good.


so mazda, do it his way if u can, seems easier. oil pressure is a good gauge to have.
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 01:07 PM
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What all is needed to install the oil pressure?

i might just sell them all lol
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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this

http://www.turbotechracing.com/produ...dcategory=5623
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 03:52 AM
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i got that in today...its going on tomorrow...my guage is installed and everything i was just waiting for that piece to show up...and it showed up a little late...i had to go to school by the time it showed up
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mrsilent13
i got that in today...its going on tomorrow...my guage is installed and everything i was just waiting for that piece to show up...and it showed up a little late...i had to go to school by the time it showed up
sweet, get it in there and tell how it works. what brand of gauge did u get?
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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Mazdaboi.......My $.02 = sell them all and whatever gay ass triple pod you got, buy a PLX OBDII gauge and put it in your stock pillar.
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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sweet, get it in there and tell how it works. what brand of gauge did u get?
well turns out that the fitting is too thick to be used behind the intake manifold...unless i had an aftermarket manifold it would work.....so i settled for using the one of the ports on the head ...i guess if i have enough pressure up at the head i should be good everywhere else...lol.

i have glowshift gauges oil pressure and fuel pressure and an autometer boost gauge...and i have them all light up red to match the instrument panel
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 08:34 PM
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Mazdaboi.......My $.02 = sell them all and whatever gay ass triple pod you got, buy a PLX OBDII gauge and put it in your stock pillar.
thanks Maven
i am selling them all for 300 shipped if anyone wants this stuff!
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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Buy a dashdaq, it'll display everything you want in one convenient package ... except oil pressure, but you can add that if you install a sensor.
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 09:55 PM
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why did you buy a wideband on a car that already comes with one?
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by mrsilent13
well turns out that the fitting is too thick to be used behind the intake manifold...unless i had an aftermarket manifold it would work.....so i settled for using the one of the ports on the head ...i guess if i have enough pressure up at the head i should be good everywhere else...lol.

i have glowshift gauges oil pressure and fuel pressure and an autometer boost gauge...and i have them all light up red to match the instrument panel
that wont work, u will get an incorrect reading, something about how the head is inside, u can find it on here somewhere. U will have to use the one under the turbo.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:06 AM
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well either way i sprung a leak today...so i took off the line and i need a new standard fitting to insert into the metric adapter....or ill have to figuere out another way to get this thing to work
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Projekt
why did you buy a wideband on a car that already comes with one?
good question, ill prob just get a DasDaq or whatever its call
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 03:12 PM
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any one have a good boost source to splice in for a mech boost gauge?
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by bigkat776
any one have a good boost source to splice in for a mech boost gauge?
There's a vacuum line right at the top of the intake manifold, it goes to a solenoid that splits it into 2(one line goes to the ic pipe the other to the stock bov), tap right in front of the solenoid.
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