Oil Temp Sender Positioning
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I run mine in the remote filter housing. After all that's were it goes first from the pan before it goes in the engine. Here are a couple pics.
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Originally Posted by obnoxus
In the boss right above the block oil filter location. The pan will be higher temps then this location. This is the temp as the oil enters the motor.
So, if the pan oil temp is at least 200 then we're hot enouph and burning off moisture, and if it's below 280-300 than our oil is not going to break down in a hurry. But if we measure any where else and get a reading of 270 and think we are safe, what if the temp is 300 in the pan?? The oil is breaking down and soon we go -- Bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk.........................
Someone explain what I am missing.................
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Do what I did. Install 2 senders installed both right out of the pump, and right before going back into the motor. With a toggle switch mounted under the dash, I could flip between the cooled and non-cooled oil senders to see how much temp the cooler was taking out using a common dash guage.
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Originally Posted by Hang Time 27
Not sure if this has been beat to death, and I'm no expert, but I can't figure out why there are so many opinions on this. If everyone agrees the problem with oil getting too hot is the breakdown of the oil itself, then who cares what the temp is as it "enters the engine", "after the coolers", "before the filters", "before the coolers", etc. Common sense says we need to know the MAX temp the oil reaches, at any time, at any place in the motor. Isn't that what we want to monitor?? Since we can't measure the temp on "backs of the pistons" , then shouldn't we measure it after it falls off?? Like in the pan?......Isn't any point in the block going to be cooler than the pan because the block is water cooled, and therefore useless as a point of measure??
So, if the pan oil temp is at least 200 then we're hot enouph and burning off moisture, and if it's below 280-300 than our oil is not going to break down in a hurry. But if we measure any where else and get a reading of 270 and think we are safe, what if the temp is 300 in the pan?? The oil is breaking down and soon we go -- Bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk.........................
Someone explain what I am missing.................
So, if the pan oil temp is at least 200 then we're hot enouph and burning off moisture, and if it's below 280-300 than our oil is not going to break down in a hurry. But if we measure any where else and get a reading of 270 and think we are safe, what if the temp is 300 in the pan?? The oil is breaking down and soon we go -- Bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk, bonk.........................
Someone explain what I am missing.................
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