Sending Units
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Are the oil temp sending units for different brand gauges matched to the gauges? I had Faria Gauges in my old boat, but Gaffrig Performance in the new boat. Sending unit remained in the engine when I swapped it to the new boat.
While running today with the gauge finally hooked up, my oil temp was reading 320+!!!! I shutdown and pulled the dipstick, it felt and smelled normal. I run a oil t-stat so it usually fluctuates between 180 and 215.
Thanks for answering such a basic/stupid question!!!
While running today with the gauge finally hooked up, my oil temp was reading 320+!!!! I shutdown and pulled the dipstick, it felt and smelled normal. I run a oil t-stat so it usually fluctuates between 180 and 215.
Thanks for answering such a basic/stupid question!!!
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I changed from VDO to Gaffrig/Livorsi guages with no proble EXCEPT the fuel guage. VDO uses a totally different resistance sceme than standard US fuel guages so I had to change the sender. Everything else came over A-OK.
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I had a similar situation with a Stewart Warner oil pressure guage. The sender was for 80 PSI and I installed a 100 PSI guage. The sweep of the guage is the same for both so with the 100 PSI guage it appeared I was running like 90 PSI oil pressure. I installed an 80 PSI guage and the pressure was 65, which agreed with a mechanical guage. I later confirmed with SW that a 100 PSI sender was required with the 100 PSI guage.
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Originally Posted by Pantera28-650HP
I think I'll splurge on the $ 20.00 sending unit to eliminate the stark terror that I felt when I saw 320+ degrees of oil temp!!!