Oil Pressure Or Oil Temp

[stang]

I am looking at the Pivot gauges, they ligh up blue.

I am getting the Boost gauge but should I get the oil temp or oil pressure.

which one is more relevant and why.

What do u think of Pivot there japaneese and are aparently pretty good they have stepper motors and are electrical gauges.

[ZAP]

Stang,

Oil Pressure is far more important than temp. Pressure will determin if you motor lives or dies, where the Temp is for when the oil will break down. I have Boost and Oil pressure, and after a serious run the pressure will drop below normal as the oil temp is higher, this is because the oil thins out the hotter it gets.

I do not know about these gauges you are planning on getting, but if there are electronic, I say go for it.

[KBB]

That's a big call cause if either of those goes out of acceptable range your engine will be f*cked. If you were on a curcuit at high rpm for long enough the oil pressure would remain acceptable even where the oil was superheated depending on the efficiency of the oil pump.

[Turbo6man]

Zap, I'd have to disagree for a couple of reasons.

Firstly the engine already has low oil pressure warning so you are just duplicating in a sense.

Secondly, esp with a turbo motor the temp of the oil is more relevent to the safe operation of the turbo than pressure. If the temp rises dramatically you KNOW you are going to be losing pressure in any case BUT if pressure is low it is not necessarily telling you what the temp may be ie. you can have heat damage caused to components BEFORE the pressure indicates a problem.

[PLAYRZ]

I have also fitted both boost (mechanical) & oil pressure (electrical) gauges to my T. I used the Blitz BLM Racing Meters.

These gauges can be ordered through your local Autobarn store.

[fordboy1981]

Zap, I'd have to disagree for a couple of reasons.

Firstly the engine already has low oil pressure warning so you are just duplicating in a sense.

Secondly, esp with a turbo motor the temp of the oil is more relevent to the safe operation of the turbo than pressure. If the temp rises dramatically you KNOW you are going to be losing pressure in any case BUT if pressure is low it is not necessarily telling you what the temp may be ie. you can have heat damage caused to components BEFORE the pressure indicates a problem.

Exactly...Pressure is relevent, but there's already a light on the dash when it gets low! Oil temp is more important. It has been describe by many a tuner that this could become a problem for the XRT. The likely hood of a lightly modded XRT (around 280rwkws) loosing oil pressure is pretty slim, however the oil temp going through the roof if your circuit racing is very likely...

just my 2c

Dave.

[ZAP]

While I think the Temp is very important, I think the pressure is more so.

With the oil Pressure light the same could be said about a high oil temp, as it causes the XR6T to go into limp home mode, and I think a light will also show up on the dashboard, so the iddiot light statement is not relevent.

Yes there is an iddiot light on the dash, but it is not very sensative. I have had my pressure drop below 500 kpa, this triggered the pressure gauge warning light, but the iddiot light did not light. The pressure was below acceptable, and would have caused damage if left long enough.

If I was to get another gauge it would be oil temp

[fordboy1981]

While I think the Temp is very important, I think the pressure is more so.

With the oil Pressure light the same could be said about a high oil temp, as it  causes the XR6T to go into limp home mode, and I think a light will also show up on the dashboard, so the iddiot light statement is not relevent.

Yes there is an iddiot light on the dash, but it is not very sensative.  I have had my pressure drop below 500 kpa, this triggered the pressure gauge warning light, but the iddiot light did not light. The pressure was below acceptable, and would have caused damage if left long enough.

If I was to get another gauge it would be oil temp

Not the case, if the car is modded with a chip, the limp-home mode will very rarely work...

As for the idiot (only 1 'd') light, it would be set on a ford setting, so it would be set to come on when ford thinks it's too low...so clearly they don't believe 500Kpa is low enough...

Pressure is not as relative as temp...

oh bugger it, just GET BOTH!!! have three of them, boost, oil temp and pressure!

Dave.

[ZAP]

Dave,

I just wished they made a 3 pod holder......the I could fit it in.

Any idea where to fit a 3rd gauge ?

I feel like a idiot for my badd spulling

[Cro]

Dave,

I just wished they made a 3 pod holder......the I could fit it in.

Any idea where to fit a 3rd gauge ?

I feel like a idiot for my badd spulling

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Low boost performance has made a special mount for a boost guage. That way you can replace boost guage in your pod with oil pressure.

Speak to Jeff, I think he's the CEO