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Engine Hooking up oil pressure gauge, need adapter

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    Hooking up oil pressure gauge, need adapter

    Hey a really while back someone showed me an adapter that would go before the oil filter and would allpw me to hook up an oil pressure gauge in and maybe an oil temp gauge, but now I can't find it, it looks ike a nice rount base of the oil filter with 1 or 2 holes on the sides...

    anyone knows whats it called and which model/size/tread i need?
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    you are going to look for the greddy sandwich adapter. It is going to be $40-$60 They work out reall nice. I've got one
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    you got the part number thread ect? i can install it just don't want to buy something that will not fit or screw up my engine... i'm unemployed, can;t afford to get a new car.

    ANd what model corolla you put it on... I found some online by greddy and others but they are about 1 - 2 inches thick according to the discription... stock oil filter sticks out pretty far and gets really close to the mainfold (header in my case). Will it fit?
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    the adapter goes onto the block, then the adapter has an extender for the filter, I have a 98 and it fits. If you are close then you might want to get an oil filter relocation kit. It relocates your filter to anywhere in your engine bay....you will know if you installed it wrong if you have oil spewing out, or no oil pressure.
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    yeah but I have a 95 corolla, the header is in the front, and oil filter is behind the header, in 98+ models you got header/exhaist mainfold in the back next to the firewall


    still need that part # or atleast correct thread.
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    check stealthmodeperformance.com

    The oil pressure port on the block is 1/8"BSP, most gauges take 1/8" NPT. There is not a huge amt of difference, only about 1 more thread per inch but you still need to use the correct size fittings.
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    stealth don't have it... so i'm looking for 1/8 inch BSP?
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    <a href="http://stealthmodeperformance.com/oil-blockfit.shtml" target="_blank">http://stealthmodeperformance.com/oil-blockfit.shtml</a>
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    sweet that saves me money!!!!!! thanks Derric ! now just one more question... where is the sensor? i just read through haynes manual and can't find it.
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    Should be somewhere above the oil filter.
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    vamp...what ever happend with your car and the turbo? did you get that sucker installed?
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    OK, what about Jersey, like in Hoboken? I know it's easy to get around on the subway, but I really don't want to sell my car. I worked in Manhattan last summer and I was definitely going through withdrawal from not being able to drive when I wanted to. Any areas in NYC or close by where it's feasible or convenient to have a car?
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    its to the right of the oil filter. under the alternator but above the AC condenser, you'd see some wires coming out of it.
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    You live in Brooklyn and you have a car? Where do you park it? I'm moving to NYC this summer so I need to learn what you know...
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    Parking in brooklyn and queens is not so bad, I like live in a housing project, lotta tall buildings and parking space all around and between them, the city tho will kill you, forget about finding parking during regular business day cause you won't unless you park at 5 am, besides cause of our glorious mayor most streets you can't park untill 7pm, paid garages are about 25 bux for 12 hours or like 450 for a month, parking meters are only for an hour andits 25 cents per 15 min!!!

    My friend when he moved to harlem he sold his car, the constant tickets(oh yes cops will ticket you) and scratches on his bumper (not like mine doesn't have them, just ordered a bottle of touch up paint) weren't worth it...

    but if you want to live in the city... then you don't need a car u'll use the subway which is usually faster and more convinient, if you want to live in queens or brooklyn and work in the city... then you will still take the subway :)
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    Jersey is very ghetto sometimes and easy to park hard to drive, trust me, my parents live in jersey and I rather go and visit ppl in PA and CT than to drive to Jersy

    Lets see... Greenpoint is not bad, its mainly Polish area, but lotta "trendy" ppl moving in and polish house owners gladly throw out their polish tenants in favour of more stable and better paying crowds, by car Greenpoint is 10 min from Queensborough Bridge leading to midtown manhattan

    Wiliamsburg, very very trendy, art and culture crowds, its not that bad to park there. ANd 2 subway stops from manhattan.

    Long Island City, its either industrial areas or richer housing areas, but you could still score a decent place to live in. And its basically under queensborough bridge. Travel to manhattan is very good.

    Sunnyside, along queens blvd, fast access to manhattan, they filmed spiderman there, peter parker lived in sunnyside, its mainly spanish and later on irish nigberhood, parking is not horrible, i used to park htere when I worked for LaGuardia College.
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    More to the topic, here:

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    is this the oil sensor, and can I use the screw beside for something like hooking up additional temp sensor, cause I have one of those 3 in one gauge clusters with voltage,oil temp and oil pressure, what is that screw for?
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    Yes, that is the oil sensor. I'm not sure what that other screw is though.

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