[tommyz34]

nd help or advice on installing mechanical gauges on a 95monte carlo z34 with 3.4 dohc has 123,090 on it wanna install oil,amp,and water gauges but know its metric so wanna know if anyone else has done it before and what is all involved

[ComradeRedXv2]

amp? or voltometer?

[tommyz34]

ComradeRedXv2, on 06 September 2010 - 12:07 AM, said:

amp? or voltometer?

whatever comes with the set of gauges at part store

[Dave96Z34]

You have all 3 already on board. You have a temp gauge and if your amps get to low or alt sh*ts you volts light comes on and if your oil pressure light comes on you have low oil pressure. Adding gauges in this case really just adds another point of failure. It would suck to have that oil line burst and spray the engine down and burn the car to the ground. It has happened. My buddy's car burnt to the ground when his turbos oil line ruptured and car went up instant.

This post has been edited by Dave96Z34: 06 September 2010 - 12:32 AM

[tommyz34]

Dave96Z34, on 06 September 2010 - 01:29 AM, said:

You have all 3 already on board. You have a temp gauge and if your amps get to low or alt sh*ts you volts light comes on and if your oil pressure light comes on you have low oil pressure. Adding gauges in this case really just adds another point of failure. It would suck to have that oil line burst and spray the engine down and burn the car to the ground. It has happened. My buddy's car burnt to the ground when his turbos oil line ruptured and car went up instant.

i hate the dummy oil light it says low but its full so maybe ithe the oil sending unit gone bad

[me6894]

Wtf would you put in a mechanical oil pressure gauge? If the line breaks not only do you lose all your oil pressure and fry the motor, you also have scolding hot oil pouring into the cabin.

If your dummy light is coming on you might not want to drive it until you verify oil pressure.

This post has been edited by me6894: 06 September 2010 - 10:21 AM

[Dave96Z34]

tommyz34, on 06 September 2010 - 01:34 AM, said:

Dave96Z34, on 06 September 2010 - 01:29 AM, said:

You have all 3 already on board. You have a temp gauge and if your amps get to low or alt sh*ts you volts light comes on and if your oil pressure light comes on you have low oil pressure. Adding gauges in this case really just adds another point of failure. It would suck to have that oil line burst and spray the engine down and burn the car to the ground. It has happened. My buddy's car burnt to the ground when his turbos oil line ruptured and car went up instant.

i hate the dummy oil light it says low but its full so maybe ithe the oil sending unit gone bad

Thats the oil level sensor with age slug builds up on the float and it wont work right needs to be tanken off and cleaned. (use royal purple) Red light that says oil is the one you don't want to see on. If its on its game over.

If you want real gauges go check out speedhut.com but old mechanical gauges are not worth it.

This post has been edited by Dave96Z34: 06 September 2010 - 10:54 AM