Oil Pressure/Temp Guage - Sandwich plate?

[Vectose]

Bennoz, could you tell us what the thread size of the factory pressure switch is?

[Bennoz]

Bennoz, could you tell us what the thread size of the factory pressure switch is?

lol, well the adaptor I bought was a 1/8 NPT to 1/8 BSPT Metric. I'm not sure which one it is though!

They are very similar...

[mezje]

Sorry for the necro but I would rather ask here instead of Facebook...

What did people end up doing with this, is 6A13 relocation then sandwhich plate best solution?

Got some nice oil pressure and temp gauges I've been given so tempted to give installing them a go.

[Bennoz]

You can do sandwich plate if you want. I ended up just teeing off the factory spot on the oil pump.

I've got a sandwich plate as well, but it just does the oil cooler lines.

[mezje]

You can do sandwich plate if you want. I ended up just teeing off the factory spot on the oil pump.

I've got a sandwich plate as well, but it just does the oil cooler lines.

Thanks, I spoke with Vectose and he said pate will be fine so I think I will go that way. He mentioned he was running temp off sump plug and pressure off factory pressure switch. Not keen on running temp sensor off plug despite my car not being very low.

[Bennoz]

Yeah the sump plug temp thing is a bit sh*t. Bit fiddly when doing an oil change.

[bjk]

Yeah the sump plug temp thing is a bit sh*t. Bit fiddly when doing an oil change.

Hadn't thought of this. I'm gonna have fun

[Sahin]

Just wait til your oil is that low you don’t have to change it

[Vectose]

No more fiddy than a regular sump plug. Just gotta pill the wire off.

[Vectose]

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[silverGPX]

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Is this a sensor that you’ve found that’s compatible with the Mitsi gauge rob?

[Vectose]

Nah, that's for a VDO gauge.

[spetz]

I noticed there is a bolt in the block where the extractors are near the firewall.
Not sure if that is somewhere that an oil pressure sender can be installed?

[mezje]

I think I will just use the sandwhich plate for the temp, can't see how I'd manage to get the pressure thing in there though, tee off factory switch seems a better choice.

[spetz]

I have a sandwich plate on my 6A12.
It has 3 ports so you can run temp and pressure off of it

[Vectose]

The bolts/plugs in the front and rear of block are the water jacket drain bolts.

[Vectose]

On the 6A13 there's an oil feed for the rear turbo on gearbox side, but don't think it's drilled and tapped on the 6A12

[spetz]

Does the 6A13TT oil relocation piece fit the 6A12?
Or does it require some holes to be drilled?

[Vectose]

It fits, holes are already drilled and tapped, need to remove the stud for oil filter.

Currently got one on my 6A12

[mezje]

I have a sandwich plate on my 6A12.
It has 3 ports so you can run temp and pressure off of it

Hm, just thinking about it in my head I would have thought there is no room near the filter for the pressure sender and another fitting for temp, I'll need to jump under and take another look. Where did you get your sandwich plate?