where should the oil temp sensor be located?
currently i have my temp guage in a sandwhich plate between the block and my filter relocation plate
engine -> sandwich plate (oil temp sensor is in the plate) -> oil filter relocation adapater -> filter -> t-stat -> oil cooler -> t-stat -> engine
even with my oil cooler i still see oil temps hit 120C + after a few laps, i can run a lot longer then i could before i had an oil cooler, but my temps still get hot pretty fast. now i went and bought a bigger oil cooler (havent got around to installing it yet) but now i started thinking that my sensor location is BEFORE the cooler, so im seeing the oil temps as they leave the engine and before the cooler has had a chance to do its job.
is there a better place to put my sensor? or is this still a fairly accurate place to look at oil temps? the temp sensor is a big long thing so i dont see any way to mount it in the line coming back to the engine. my only options i can think of would be, leave it where it is, add a bung to the oil pan and put it there (but oil pan temps and temps leaving the engine should be pretty much the same shouldnt they? since oil is pumped from the pan, out to the filter, then it gets to the bearings and stuff on its way back into the engine right?) or put it where the stock oil pressure sender is (not entirely sure where this sits on a 1jz or if it would event fit in that location so im not sure if that would be any better or not)
currently i have my temp guage in a sandwhich plate between the block and my filter relocation plate
engine -> sandwich plate (oil temp sensor is in the plate) -> oil filter relocation adapater -> filter -> t-stat -> oil cooler -> t-stat -> engine
even with my oil cooler i still see oil temps hit 120C + after a few laps, i can run a lot longer then i could before i had an oil cooler, but my temps still get hot pretty fast. now i went and bought a bigger oil cooler (havent got around to installing it yet) but now i started thinking that my sensor location is BEFORE the cooler, so im seeing the oil temps as they leave the engine and before the cooler has had a chance to do its job.
is there a better place to put my sensor? or is this still a fairly accurate place to look at oil temps? the temp sensor is a big long thing so i dont see any way to mount it in the line coming back to the engine. my only options i can think of would be, leave it where it is, add a bung to the oil pan and put it there (but oil pan temps and temps leaving the engine should be pretty much the same shouldnt they? since oil is pumped from the pan, out to the filter, then it gets to the bearings and stuff on its way back into the engine right?) or put it where the stock oil pressure sender is (not entirely sure where this sits on a 1jz or if it would event fit in that location so im not sure if that would be any better or not)