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Old 03-24-2016, 11:53 AM
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Here are some pictures of the setup. I have added three gauges to my truck. An oil pressure gauge (hardest to do), water temp gauge (not too bad to do), and a voltmeter (easy). I have routed the wires through the hood release cable grommet, so no need to drill holes in the firewall. One of the pictures shows which oil port I used for the pressure gauge. It is right above the oil filter on its housing. But since you have a pre-facelift model, that port is used by the oil cooler. 03/04s don't have an oil cooler . I wouldn't delete the oil cooler for this mod, but use the second port on the timing cover right above the stock sensor.

One of the pictures shows where I put the temp sensor. As you can see from that, I am really paranoid about leaks which is why I used a lot of RTV on that .

Also, here is a link to the thread I started about a month ago reagarding the oil pressure gauge and coolant temp gauge: https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...e-78079/page8/
 
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Old 03-24-2016, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by acamato
The stock temp sensor is OK. This issues is the way LR programmed the gauge. The needle stays at the midpoint to way too long of a temp range.

I would install a Ultragauge or other OBDII based gauge vs installing another temp sensor and gauge. The ultragauge gives you a lot of additional info with a lot less effort to install vs. another coolant temp gauge.


Just went to their website, that gauge is awesome! I have an obd reader that can see those values, but the alarms and mpg features alone are worth it.


Thanks!
 
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Old 03-24-2016, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by DiscoCam
Here are some pictures of the setup. I have added three gauges to my truck. An oil pressure gauge (hardest to do), water temp gauge (not too bad to do), and a voltmeter (easy). I have routed the wires through the hood release cable grommet, so no need to drill holes in the firewall. One of the pictures shows which oil port I used for the pressure gauge. It is right above the oil filter on its housing. But since you have a pre-facelift model, that port is used by the oil cooler. 03/04s don't have an oil cooler . I wouldn't delete the oil cooler for this mod, but use the second port on the timing cover right above the stock sensor.

One of the pictures shows where I put the temp sensor. As you can see from that, I am really paranoid about leaks which is why I used a lot of RTV on that .

Also, here is a link to the thread I started about a month ago reagarding the oil pressure gauge and coolant temp gauge: https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...e-78079/page8/


Thanks for the reply and links! now its tough to choose between ultragauge vs normal gauges. I was planning on getting mechanical gauges and don't know if they will fit through the cable latch hole but for wires only, looks perfect. In your link I saw you made a custom adapter for the oil pressure sender and I think that's a great idea. I really don't want to spend $20 on some adapter from summit racing....
 
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Old 03-25-2016, 11:38 AM
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One gauge the Ultragauge doesn't have is an oil pressure gauge.

Eventually I will install one.
 
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