Oil Cooler Structural Failure

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Re: Oil Cooler Structural Failure

Postby SonexN76ET » Sat May 05, 2018 6:57 pm

Patrik,

I would recommend getting an oil pressure sender that corresponds with the settings on your MGL. I do not believe the readings you get with a sender that is different from your MGL will be linear. At least that was my experience when I tried a different sender when troubleshooting erroneous readings.

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Re: Oil Cooler Structural Failure

Postby lutorm » Sun May 06, 2018 2:50 am

I just changed the full-scale reading from 145 to 72 psi and it appears to read just half of what it did before. I don't see why the full-scale setting should affect linearity. (The resistance setting definitely will though, but as long as you actually set it to the correct value it should be fine.)
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Re: Oil Cooler Structural Failure

Postby Sonex422 » Mon May 07, 2018 7:35 am

Get one of these test units to verify your oil pressure readings.

https://www.harborfreight.com/engine-oi ... 62621.html

This will give your peace of mind.
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Re: Oil Cooler Structural Failure

Postby bvolcko38 » Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:37 am

Where is an OEM quality oil cooler available? Not a chineseium knock off.
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