oil temp gauge - install?

[suicide]

hey i want to install my oil temp gauge i just bought, i was going to put i into the oil filter housing but when i pulled the bolt out a spring and valve came out with it, i looked into what it is at work and found out its a pressure relief valve.

so my question is where do i install the temp gauge, i dont really want to start removing valves....

 

[suicide]

nobody can help me out

 

[Nick M]

You will have to T into I think.

 

[suicide]

T into what... its a oil temp gauge... i dont see as to what i can T into

 

[mkIIIman089]

I know I've personally posted one solution to this at least 3 times...

 

[jetjock]

Suicide is painless.....

 

[Nick M]

Fine. Go ahead and drill into it.

 

[suicide]

Suicide is painless.....

whats that supposed to mean????

Fine. Go ahead and drill into it.

drill into what/where????

 

[CRE]

Welcome to SupraForums... oh, wait.

Personally, I'd either add a sandwich plate adapter to the oil filter or install an oil filter relocation kit and T into the line. I suppose you could T it in with the oil pressure sender, I'm not sure how accurate that'd be.

 

[suicide]

anyone else

 

[Nick M]

What do your instructions say? What came in this oil temp gauge kit?

 

[suicide]

it say nothing just says install it in a oil port or in the pan.... and it can with the gauge, and the sensor thats it....

 

[Nick M]

If it says nothing, then how does it say install it in a port or the pan?

http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/TSRM/MK3/manual.aspx?Section=LU&Page=2

 

[suicide]

i know the oil system i would for toyota... i wanted to put it in the oil filter housing but then is a pressure relief valve where i was thinking of putting it and i dont really want to just remove the valve

 

[Supracentral]

Sigh...

What you need is an adapter block.

MSRP $70

I think I sell them for around $65

 

[suicide]

if i can use that doesnt that mean i can just take out the relief valve or does it stay in when you use the adaptor

 

[suicide]

BUMP

 

[starscream5000]

A little searching never hurts buddy, I don't feel like spoon feeding at the moment, but a previous poster had said that he had posted the solution to this problem a few other times already, so yes, the answer to your question is out there. Here, I'll set you on the right track: http://www.supramania.com/forums/search.php

 

[Supracentral]

Nick already answered your question with the diagram he posted from the TSRM.

If you look at the flowchart on the bottom you will see that the relief valve is an integral part of your oil system. If you remove the valve, the oil will bypass your oil filter, go through the oil cooler and back to the pan. It will not get filtered, nor will it go through your engine... You'll blow the motor.

When something simple and obvious like that is posted, and you come back with comments like:

i know the oil system

then people lose interest in helping you. You don't know the oil system. If you did, you wouldn't be asking this question.

In my signature it says:

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge."

Those aren't just words. If you had looked at that diagram, you could have learned the answer to your question on your own. But instead you came back with "i know the oil system".

 

[suicide]

i did search for it fist and i found nothing and i dont feel like looking through 50 pages of post to try to find it.... i dont understand why people even bother posting if they have no intrest in helping.... i thought the purpose of a forum is to help eachother out....