[urq] Oil temperature sender location
Ado Sigal
a.sigal at bluewin.ch
Tue Nov 16 14:02:59 EST 2004
Brandon Rogers wrote:
>IMO best place is the factory place - use the factory sender that screws up
>into the pump on the front of the block. You can get a used one off a CGT
>and snag its gauge - you know they work together. Beware there are
>different temp ranges so make sure you get proper corresponding
>senders/gauges. ISTR early Audis had a 150C range while later cars have
>170C.
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>hth.
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>Brandon
>'84 ur w/ oil temp gauge
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Also, on some early Ur oil pumps, the pressure relief valve orifice is
to small for the temp sender plunger to fit. Couldn't find one that
does, so I changed the pump to the greater capacity one that superseded
it. IMO the sump plug is to exposed for damage.
hth,
Ado
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