Re: Oil Temp Sensor Location?
[Re: Benforsp]
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I'm not sure there is a real practical location in the first place without huge testing to find the hottest oil point. What I think is important, is finding a location that is fairly responsive, and allows you to get input of excessive temp increases, tracked real time against your water temp. That should be enough. Oil pan works if possible, and oil filter sandwich temp and tap might also.
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Re: Oil Temp Sensor Location?
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02/27/17 06:39 PM
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What surprised me when I hooked up an oil temp gauge was how long it took for the oil to get up to temp. A street car doesn't get the oil hot until you are on the freeway for 10 minutes or so.
Now picture a bypass oil filter doing its thing during that warm up period while you give it throttle.
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Re: Oil Temp Sensor Location?
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02/27/17 11:31 PM
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I built and dyno tested a stroker 440 bracket motor for a customer two yrs. ago that he wanted to run low tens in a 1965 Belvedere 1 street car on race gas. I put a sold roller cam and the valve springs recommended by the cam grinder with 325 lbs. on the seats and 840 lbs. opened, that motor got the oil hot in a hurry Andy, are you seeing that in your testing with similar spring pressures?
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Re: Oil Temp Sensor Location?
[Re: Benforsp]
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02/28/17 12:20 PM
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Temp sender location is all relative. All you want to make sure of is that there is some liquid flow over the sender so you can read changes. Don't want to put it in a dead spot. As far as the temp itself goes, trying to pick the hottest or coolest spot isn't that important - as long as those areas don't exceed the fluids capabilities. My oil temp sender is in my drain plug. Lots of flow over that area, so I can read changes easily. I like running with oil temp between 180 and 200. The oil I use can easily withstand temps over 250. I am way safe. More interested in consistency for the run.
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Re: Oil Temp Sensor Location?
[Re: SF71]
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Drill an tap the drain plug for 1/8 pipe. Mine is in the pan as well. Even withsiamese bore and a diaper on a hot day oil temp rarely exceeds 150 degrees at the dragstrip. It also cools very quickly. Aluminum pan, 5W25 synthetic Doug
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Re: Oil Temp Sensor Location?
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1/8 NPT wouldnt be a problem there are plenty adapters. Mine is 3/8 mechanical one so I can´t figure where to put that sending unit... For that size you would have to weld a bung in the pan most likely.
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Re: Oil Temp Sensor Location?
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Put the probe in the pan unless you run an oil cooler then I would put it there. A partially filled or totally filled block will always be able to have lower water temps, its not doing much at all in terms of cooling anything other than the heads. But oil temps will rise as you are getting no cooling of the bloc or very little. I have a street car with a partial fill and does the same thing. However I have an oil cooler on it and the car has logged thousands of miles like that with no ill affects other than lowish oil pressure at idle when hot.
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Re: Oil Temp Sensor Location?
[Re: Cab_Burge]
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the trouble with the mechanical sensors, is the huge [comparatively speaking] size of the bulb that must go into the liquid [in this case, oil] being monitored. in this case, as has been said, welding a bung in the pan or fitting[s] adapted to a cooler is about the only choice[s] available. electrical gauge 1/8npt sending units allow many choices of places to install them, and today's electrical gauges [quality ones of course] are as accurate as mechanical ones. i realize we are talking mechanical gauges, but i'm just expressing my life's experience. not looking to pile on anyone, or start an argument, so please don't take offense. i used to believe in only using mechanical gauges, but in my old years, i have changed my mind. i have a complete set of mechanical gauges [S&W stage 3] for my endless project, bought many, many [and even more many] years ago. if i were buying something today, i would look to electrical units. however, i have the mechanical ones, so i will be using them. [i will also be looking for a good place to install an oil temperature bung. kinda' ironic, eh ?..... ]
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