Leon Boost Gauges | Oil Pressure etc - Which Gauge is the best match???

BoomhaueR

Wanna go fasterrrR
Oct 9, 2008
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Exeter, Devon
Sorry to bump this up again!! :p

Here's the finished dial's:-

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What's your feedback?!!! :D

SNAP! :p
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StokieShinobi

Cupra R Potter
Wish mine were matt black now :( oh well lol!

Regarding your PM CupraR_Lad:

You must be careful screwing in the sensor into the blanking plug. It gets tight quite early down the thread (about 2/3rds the way down) - I thought this was because it wasn't an M10 hole (so bought an 1/8NPT to realise that it was indeed a M10 thread lol)

But look:
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I thought the heat did this but its not. It gets tight screwing it in as it hits something in there. So I put my spare sender in with PTFA tape and 2 M10 copper washers.

Hope this helps people in trying to force the sender in lol :)
 

BoomhaueR

Wanna go fasterrrR
Oct 9, 2008
810
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Exeter, Devon
StokieShinobi could you do a little guide? It would be of great help I think to many people (including myself). Like a list of parts needed, then how and where to connect things up in the engine bay. There is a guide on here for a boost gauge but not an oil temp gauge.
 

ryan106

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Dec 7, 2006
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Any of you guys notice on your autogauge oil temp guage the needle with sit at nothing for ages then all of a sudden go straight to about 75-80 is this normal behaviour. Oh aye and like the black paint on the rings looks mint. :D
 

brad1

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could somebody help me out please, i got the same autogauge oil temp, and the sender i got with it has the red and black wire coming out of it, but cause mine is a diesel and i need the sump plug with the sender built it, the sump plug only has one connector on it for a spade, but the autogauge sender has two wires, what are the wires for?
 

DannyC87

Rubbing is Racing :-)
Mar 4, 2008
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2 wires; 1 goes to the gauge, the other goes to earth. You don't need the earth wire if you have a decent contact with the engine block, as it is earthed anyway. So just one wire to the gauge is all you need.
 

brad1

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2 wires; 1 goes to the gauge, the other goes to earth. You don't need the earth wire if you have a decent contact with the engine block, as it is earthed anyway. So just one wire to the gauge is all you need.

cheers mate, so all i need now is the sump plug connector and wire it to my gauge, i might sound stupid lol, but the sump plug with the sender built in will basically be earthed as its in the sump?
 

DannyC87

Rubbing is Racing :-)
Mar 4, 2008
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that is correct - a copper washer should be supplied with it to ensure conductivity :)
 

DannyC87

Rubbing is Racing :-)
Mar 4, 2008
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Mine wouldn't earth itself, so I ran an extra wire from the back of the gauge on the earth prong and earthed that aswell, worked a treat then

i've done that too; i think that is because the thread go tight before the sender is the entire way in, and i've used ptfe tape which is probably insulating it!
 
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