I just can’t live without an oil pressure gauge, any ideas or PHOTOS where to put one. I want it to be a sanitary looking install. Maybe a mini guage somewhere? I’ve racked my brain and can’t see/find a good spot. And I have done lots of searches. Any one here that’s done one?
What location possible to install an oil pressure gauge and look sanitary.
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By the seaside...
Repurposing the ashtray seems to be popular
Also see https://z4-forum.com/threads/ash-tray-gauge-pod.116189/
P3 used to do some guage mounts for the E85, probably worth asking them, https://www.p3cars.com/
This is the end result...
Also see https://z4-forum.com/threads/ash-tray-gauge-pod.116189/
P3 used to do some guage mounts for the E85, probably worth asking them, https://www.p3cars.com/
This is the end result...
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Why not?
The car will tell you if the oil pressure is too low. And if you fit one (like I have to my other Zed) you will constantly be worrying that it fluctuates so much with engine revs and oil temp (like I do).
Oil pressure gauges are a throw back to the days when car engines were terrible and didn't have electronic sensors, so a gauge would alert you when they were going wrong (often IIRC). Nowadays the sensors are all there and the car is 'monitoring' them. Just they don't let you know unless there is an issue.
Yes I understand what you are saying. There were Idiot lights in cars and trucks going back to the early 1960s, they wouldn’t go off till there was a problem. Most Ford cars and trucks from the 90s and on have an oil pressure indicater gauge but they are not much better than an Idiot light. I’m old school, I want to see the actual oil pressure and not rely on electronics. —-and as a side note, not having a dip stick in engine or transmission is ridiculous, I can barely live with that, but not having an oil pressure gauge I can’t. I’ll find a good spot some where.Why not?
The car will tell you if the oil pressure is too low. And if you fit one (like I have to my other Zed) you will constantly be worrying that it fluctuates so much with engine revs and oil temp (like I do).
Oil pressure gauges are a throw back to the days when car engines were terrible and didn't have electronic sensors, so a gauge would alert you when they were going wrong (often IIRC). Nowadays the sensors are all there and the car is 'monitoring' them. Just they don't let you know unless there is an issue.
I'd add gauges if a good looking solution was available, the 3DDesign gauge pod was ok, but unobtanium now.
As for the dip stick, some places around me refuse to do oil changes even though that's one of their main business activities
Agreed. I am sure it's because 99% of car owners never look at them, so the manufacturers deleted them and fitted 'idiot sensors'.
Having said that, I have had a few cars recently which did have dipsticks but they were impossible to read (Mini R56 being the worst).
Bit left field - why not fit a small screen & have it digital (something like the torque app)? That way you can have oil pressure plus anything else you like the sound of.
Sure you could 3d print / mount something in the ashtray lid.
Sure you could 3d print / mount something in the ashtray lid.
On the Z3 I had, I replaced the clock with oil pressure gauge, which I think back then it was a common mod.
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