after market gauges (fitting)

[Tris 0]

I am after some gauges for the VR. preferably. oil pressure and water temp?

what senders do I need and were do they locate on the engine?

thanks in advance

[Lukey. 381]

ill tell you exactly what you need for an oil pressure gauge

you need a 10bar gauge and if you get a twin pole sender and replace the low pressure switch with the twin pole, 1 for gauge 1 for low pressure switch, you will still retain the low oil light function on the dash.

M10x1 thread pitch and 0.5bar low pressure switch is the sender specification you need

best to get a matched set cos different makes dont always work together like they should

i fitted VDO as they are renowned to last and the original clocks etc are VDO so they look very similar and OEM looking

[FishWick 21]

Yeah I got my VDO oil guage from ETB instruments. http://www.etbinstruments.com/

It's been reliable for a few years now.

[Lukey. 381]

ha, same place i got mine from!

[russj249 2]

Could you get a split adapter like the one you need for a turbo feed?

fit the adapter where the low pressure sensor fits into housing, then screw standard sensor into the top and a new single pin sender into the side of the adapter for the gauge?

[Lukey. 381]

seing as you would need a new sender to match the new gauge its simpler and neater to get a twin pole sender with a 0.5bar low pressure warning and attach the original sensor wire to the low warning side of it

then you retain the original oil warning light on the dash