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The holbay motors used an oil temp gauge and had the sensor mounted in the oil filter base in what is the blank boss next OPRV in a normal filter base.
Iirc there is a blank part of the casting on the later spin on style filter base that has an area next to the oprv that is where the temp sensor mounted.Hmm... not sure what a "blank boss" is... there is nothing next to the OPRV on mine, just bare flat aluminum. Perhaps that was drilled and tapped? Seems workable.
This is a great idea. I think I have a spare oil filter base that I can tap for the temp sensor.Someone on the forum took a standard Alpine water temperature gauge and replaced the outermost face plate that says "WATER" with an oil pressure gauge face plate. So they had a temperature gauge that had the face plate with "OIL" on it. Very clever. I believe they used the standard water temp sender and may have put the sender in the oil sump, but not sure about that.
Mike
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This makes me wonder if tapping into the cooler adapter base would be better. This would be on the "B" side in the manual, straight from the oil pump. This would place the sensor on the left side adjacent the dipstick.C,
Something to consider if the sender is placed in the filter base, the oil temp being measured will be after the oil has been through the cooler. The oil's travel path is to the cooler before the filter. Just be aware the oil temp indicated will be for oil about to go to the bearings, as opposed to the max temp the oil has experienced.
Just a thought,