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dan00001
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by dan00001 » Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:09 pm
So I'm driving home Thursday night and the low oil pressure light starts flickering intermittently (same thing happened last year) so yesterday I took a drive to Euro car parts to pick up a new filter and oil,
On the way home the oil light comes on permanent and less than a 1/4 mile from my house I break down
yup, didn't take long for the bottom end to go and now it sounds like spanners bouncing around inside the engine!
Anyway, I had bought a 1.6 vitara engine & adapter plate a couple months ago so tomorrow the old engine is coming out ready for the new one
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SherwoodNash
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by SherwoodNash » Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:48 pm
Wow
At least fine weather tomorrow
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twiss
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by twiss » Fri Oct 27, 2017 1:57 pm
Ouch! I like having my oil pressure gauge as I can keep an eye on it a bit better... bought a pack of 3 gauges and a 3x pod now mounted on top of the speedo. Speedo itself doesn't work but temp, presume and voltage do so it's all good
Twiss
'93 Suzuki Samurai Sport 1.6 16v SU. Virtual lift, spring under, 31s
'93 Maruti Gypsy MG410
"If brute force doesn't fix your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
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dan00001
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by dan00001 » Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:10 am
I might look into this for the new engine, is an oil pressure gauge easy to fit?
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twiss
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by twiss » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:57 pm
Yeah its easy. I just removed the sensor for the light from the block, and put the gauge sensor in it's place.
You can get a t-piece for them but do you need a gauge and a light? lol
Twiss
'93 Suzuki Samurai Sport 1.6 16v SU. Virtual lift, spring under, 31s
'93 Maruti Gypsy MG410
"If brute force doesn't fix your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
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ScottieJ
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by ScottieJ » Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:04 pm
Careful though, nearly all aftermarket senders are 1/8npt and the block thread is 1/8bspt.....whilst the 1/8npt will start to thread in its not a good fit and shouldn’t be screwed straight into the block
