Oil Temp at Turbos
 

OK.

I've spent the last few hours searching and haven't been able to find the answers.

I have a rhd, almost exactly the same as lefts except in cockpit/steering ( i just look at all the interior pics in a mirror)

I'm throwing in Defi Racer gauges, water temp, oil temp and boost and AEM Uego AFR.

I think I've got water figured out. I'm doing the TB hose. A couple degree cooler reading than the block doesn't bother me as much as a stuck T-Stat along with kicking the crap out of the housing.

Boost is simple except getting through the firewall. I may use the hood release (on my turbo side) and poke through.
Does anyone know of a better way. The hole isn't that big and I'd rather find something else.

Oil temp sensor location is the tough one. Having the water temp gauge, I'm not so concerned with oil in the engine or pan. What I want to watch is the oil temp in my turbos. Has anyone done this?

The electrical part was fairly simple after doing some exploration. There's a large harness going through under my ABS on my passenger side that I ran a circuit from my battery, a fuse and relay later and I won't have to worry about overloading my radio.:icon_tup:

Any good advice would be appreciated. There's so much conflicting opinion on here it's hard to seperate the crap from the good stuff.

Cheers
Matt

Oil temp should be considered as an overall temp. The temps at one small point in one of the turbo lines won't give you an accurate assessment of the overall oil temp, which is what you really need.

You may find that the turbo oil temp is much higher or lower than the rest of the engine. Then what will you do? You can't try to compensate for it since you won't know if there is anything wrong.

I think it's a bad idea.

dumb idea. your oil temp does not change all of a sudden when it hits the turbos. they do assist in heating your overall temp, which is what you should be worried about.

I'm, by no streach of the imagination an expert nor all that experienced with cars but I'm learning more every day. My logic goes like this: If my engine over heats I'll hopefully notice it with the water temp.
My experience and what I've read tells me that the turbos are the hottest part of the car. If I'm watching for overheating of the turbos, what should I be looking at.
I don't want to coke them up or warp their fins so.....
They're oil cooled so I figure I can watch the oil temp, EGT, or maybe my manifold temp. Oil temp seems reasonable. I have a wideband AFR gauge so that puts off needing an EGT by my understanding.

A bad idea? If the oil temp is more or less the same all over the system then it shouldn't matter where I put the sensor. I'm unsure about the Gready adapter for the filter neck is there a conflict with the filter? I don't like the idea of putting any holes in anything, let alone the oil pan and that adapter for the drain plug seems dumb; twisting wires every oil change?

Obviously I wouldn't put a 5mm sensor into a 6mm line. Does anyone know where I can find lubrication diagrams that give an indication of line size?

If all the turbo lines are small than that'll nix that idea.

No idea why you would do this. Oil temp in the standard place is all you will need. Its like putting a EGT sensor at your muffler just to see how hot your exhaust is before it laves...

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It's not dumb at all. The wire to the sender is connected with a spade connector. Just slip it on or off to remove the plug. There is no twisting of any wiring.

ive seen this done before, but yo uhave to be careful if your car is really low.

Cool guys

I'm convinced. It's goin in the pan. Now to get my car high enough to pull the pan......