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Author:  marcsvenson [ Fri May 20, 2005 12:57 pm ]
Post subject:  electrical or mechanical oil pressure gauge
which one is best for a mini
Author:  9YaTaH [ Fri May 20, 2005 1:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: electrical or mechanical oil pressure gauge
marcsvenson wrote:
which one is best for a mini


depends.....if you are in Scandinavia Svenson....well electrical might be better in extremes of temperature.... :P
Author:  J_A_M [ Fri May 20, 2005 1:15 pm ]
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i have a leccy one to go in jam. mech ones need an oil tube from motor to gauge. i guess eventually it becomes something else to leak!
Author:  marcsvenson [ Fri May 20, 2005 1:19 pm ]
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ok so both can be used and i quess this is the same for all gauges
so electrical ones
scandinavia well my mini was in getting hit by ice last night but that was in briz
:lol:
Author:  Fat80y [ Fri May 20, 2005 1:40 pm ]
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I use mechanical guages where possible in all my cars - they usually use the full sweep of the dial compared to electrical - makes it easier to read when fanging along...
Author:  awdmoke [ Fri May 20, 2005 1:59 pm ]
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I prefer mechanical gauges, as they are more accurate & reliable, especially considering the electrics in a mini :roll:

But make sure you do a good job of the tubing - remember it will contain hot oil under pressure :!:

Two of my mates had failures:
- sprayed hot oil over Phil's legs & nether regions in his Torana, nearly making him crash
- caused a fire in a Crown when the spotlights overloaded the wiring & melted the oil line, and Graeme is a mechanic :oops:
Author:  71_mini_k [ Fri May 20, 2005 2:47 pm ]
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I used to have and electrical one but now I have fitted an original smiths mech one. Both seems to do the same job only the electrical one needed more wires :D
Author:  NAV [ Fri May 20, 2005 3:59 pm ]
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I have a electrical one in NAV. It flicks around a bit, but i can see when it's too low or none at all

marcsvenson wrote:
ok so both can be used and i quess this is the same for all gauges
so electrical ones
scandinavia well my mini was in getting hit by ice last night but that was in briz
:lol:


Yeah the mrs was driving nav home in that.
:idea: must go look at NAV
Author:  min13k [ Fri May 20, 2005 4:06 pm ]
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i am a strong belever of the mech gauges i have a few of the oil pressure ones but need a temp any one wanna swap with dollars your way depending on which one you pick apparently i have a cooper s oil gauge i dont want it but due to it being cooper s it has to be worth at least 16,000 :twisted:
jokin
makka
Author:  Spaceboy [ Fri May 20, 2005 4:37 pm ]
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do you just connect it on where the oil pressure warning light goes off if its an electric?
Author:  min13k [ Fri May 20, 2005 4:42 pm ]
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yeah but you need to make sure that the sender is compaterble with the gauge itself
makka
Author:  drmini in aust [ Fri May 20, 2005 8:23 pm ]
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I've used electric oil gauges in Alfas and Fiats and not only are they crap for accuracy, when a sender goes bang it costs you $100 or so to replace it. :shock:
<edit> they are not cheap like oil pressure switches are.

I like the Smiths mechanical ones. :wink:
Just watch the pipe connections, as said.
Author:  benjamin [ Fri May 20, 2005 8:32 pm ]
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i like electrical things but then i hate lots of wires so id go mechanical :)
Author:  Morris 1100 [ Fri May 20, 2005 8:41 pm ]
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I like mechanical oil pressure gauges and electric temperature gauges.

With temperature gauges the mechanical ones can be a bit slow coming up. With trucks you would be at the bottom of a hill and the temp gauge was still going up the hill!
Author:  MrFail [ Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: electrical or mechanical oil pressure gauge
Ok, I have an oil pressure gauge question so ill tack it on here.

Would this electric gauge have the right pressure range to suit a mini?
I found it at work today.

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I currently have a pricol mechanical one, but I broke the line, so im considering swapping to this electric one if it would suit. And if I could find a sender inexpensively.
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