Lamco Gauges

[Guest boostin]

 nt_a_foz said:

it is a biggie if as he says iv got no oil pressure lol.

Noone friggin listning to the question so will ask someone tomorrow.

WTF?? But you'll have your lamco sender in the same hole, and a fricken gauge on your dash showing you the oil pressure!!

Unless you fit a tee to run both, but I've heard of tee's breaking on rough roads with firm suspension.... :-X

[nt_a_foz]

do you drive down the road looking at your gauges 100% of the time.

By the time i notice the gauge is down on pressure the motor will be fucked anyways.

At least if the light comes on its in my face although probably to late also...

I dont care iv got the gauge in front of me im asking how the ecu knows becaue factory without the gagues the switch is straight to the ecu.

[Guest boostin]

The ecu has nothing to do with oil pressure. Its just the idiot light on the dash. Why did you think the ecu watched oil pressure?

[nt_a_foz]

Yes iv since found this out htat the oil pressure switch is wired straight to the light on the dash once it opens/gets enough pressure it earths out and switches the ligth off.

I thought the oil pressure went through the ecu for some reason.

As this is what i was talking to Dave about doing with the link

[Stoffa]

read my big post again, the black box allows you to remove the factory oil pressure switch and use the lamco pressure sender instead.

If the new oil sender has drops below the same point (2psi from memory) it will still make the oil pressure light on your dash show up.

Link sell a seprate oil pressure sender that gets plugged into a linear voltage input (0-5v) that can be used with the link but its around the $300 mark

[nt_a_foz]

Sweet man all good.

Apparently i can use the lamco sensor to read the pressure via the link apparently

[Stoffa]

Sweet, can you have it hooked up to the gauge AND the ECU?

Let me know the settings if you figure that out, that'll save some cash!

FYI You can remove the temp probe from the sump bung, you stuff the bung doing it though.

Mine had the wires broken off short so I removed it to solder new ones on, then mounted it the bung for the oil gallery above cylinder #3.

Then you dont have annoying wires getting in the way when you service it.

[nt_a_foz]

Apparently but will investigate further.

Ahh thats handy to know about the oil temp.

[Stoffa]

Bump for brad, did you end up wiring the lamco pressure sensor to your g4 before you sold the car?