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[Mike924]

It has come to my attention that 911s are fitted with a combined oil pressure/temperature gauge. As some of the guys here have been considering fitting oil temp senders to their cars, this could be a neat solution:

1) it ought to fit in place of the current oil pressure gauge (2" diameter?)

2) 2 gauges for the price of one

3) maintains the standard 'Porsche look' of the dash


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1985 Porsche 924 'Lux', Kalahari Beige (my ex)
1993 Porsche 968 Coupe, Midnight Blue, 6 spd

'There is no substitute for a little grease under your fingernails.' - Chrenan, 924board.org

[Mike924]

Here's an even nicer one, but judging from the number of warning lights ( ), it might not be a 2" gauge...


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1985 Porsche 924 'Lux', Kalahari Beige (my ex)
1993 Porsche 968 Coupe, Midnight Blue, 6 spd

'There is no substitute for a little grease under your fingernails.' - Chrenan, 924board.org

[RC]

Before you get too excited Mike did you notice that the 911 gauges read to 5 and ours go to 10 on the pressure scale. The unit of measurement is Kp/cm2 which approximates bars. Our engines generate a lot of oil pressure compared to other Porsches and have uniquely high reading gauges. Not only are the gauges different but also the senders (0-5, 0-10) and their respective resistances. Examination of the VDO specs on various senders will confirm this.

Roger

[Martijnus]

the second one would be quite nice... especially for me, I could use all those warning lights for my MS project...
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"Rule: Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun." (C. Bell)

924 "50-jahre", 1981.
MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
To be turbo'ed in a while.
Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

[colin]

i tried taking my 10 bar unit and putting it in my S which has a 5 bar, didnt work, it was reading full 10 bar all of the time when at idle it sould be 3-4 ish
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1979 924 parting ways
1987 924S
1987 parts car

[Mike924]

Come, come, now. Surely no-one believes that the numbers on the guages have any objective meaning. (My oil gauge reads 1.5 bar with the engine off!)

I take the view that they're just 'indicators' - up is more..., down is less... Whatever collection of gauges you've got, you soon get the feel of where the needles should point and then spot the times when they're different (like when the earth strap falls off you're alternator... )

I was just a suggestion, to throw ideas into the pot... Only trying to help.
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1985 Porsche 924 'Lux', Kalahari Beige (my ex)
1993 Porsche 968 Coupe, Midnight Blue, 6 spd

'There is no substitute for a little grease under your fingernails.' - Chrenan, 924board.org

[Mike924]

[colin]

i think ill just leave mine alone and go out for a drive instead of wasting my time
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1979 924 parting ways
1987 924S
1987 parts car

[morghen]

[Mike924]