Oil Temp Sender Placement
05-25-2007, 09:19 AM
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Oil Temp Sender Placement If I install a tee where the oil pressure sender is, behind the intake, and use it to hold the oil pressure sender and the oil temp sender, will I get accurate readings?
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Traditionally, the most commonly location for monitoring oil temperature is the oil pan. The theory is that this is where the oil is being drawn from and therefore the approximate temperature of the oil being pumped through the engine. If you add a tee to the oil pressure sender, the oil that would reach the temperature probe will be isolated from the engine oil flow (it will be in a stagnant pocket) and will not truly represent engine oil temperature.
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