brought a 3 slot din size gauge holder, oil pressure and temp gauge and a boost gauge, all off e-bay.

had nothing but hassle from the off, the holder ( RADIO SLOT POD 3 x 52mm GAUGES STD RADIO DIN SLOT METAL on eBay, also Dial, Dash Switch Custom'n, Interior Styling, Car Tuning Styling, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 04-May-09 20:56:09 BST) ) doesn't fit... its too long

and when i fitted the sandwhich plate, the temp sensor wouldn't stop leaking, so gradually tightend it up more, in the end the internals of the sensor broke away from the thread, now the thread's stuck in the sandwich plate and ive not got a BIG oil leak gonna try n usa a easy out tomorrow, see if it'll come out,

might try a copper washer on it, see if i get a better seal.

anyone else had this sort of trouble?

 

you wana put a bit of plumbers ptfe tape around the thread on the pressure sensor for a start!!i had same trouble but was only a small leak and a bit of tape fixed it!

 

ah, didnt think of that... good idea. was gonna try some lock tight on the thread, but plumber's tape sounds a better idea

 

A lot of the cheap ebay sandwich plates are renouned for leaking, even with PTFE tape. I used the LMA kit which tees the oil pressure switch so you keep the original switch and can add a pressure switch, and also provides a threaded bung for cylinder 3 for the oil temp sensor. The only drama I had was taking if for a spin with the pressure sender only fitted finger tight. Some great plumes of smoke, but once it was tightened up, no problems at all

 

Had a GREX Sandwich Plate on mine, not connected to anything and leaked like a sieve, so took it off.

Looking to fit Oil pressure & Temp in the future but will try using alternator connection & cyl 3 if I can ????

 

I fitted oil temp/pressure with a sandwich plate all bought from R-SPEC,easy to fit,no leaks.I used ptfe tape on all threads.

 

I've used a couple of cheap Sandwich plates in the past, always used PTFE tape and never had any problem

 

Better off using the LMA kit rather than the sandwich kits

 

i never had any issues before but i used tape. always handy when it comes to things like this. that may leak