So, I installed the sender for my oil pressure gauge and took pics.
A few notes:
The oil pressure gauge on the mk5 GTI is more or less useless. You either have pressure, or you don't and the warning light comes on
this is mostly a cosmetic thing I guess. Looks great though.
I'd already run the sensor wire through from the engine bay to the cabin, so that's not covered, this is purely the sender install. I ran it through with my turbo gauge sensor wire - there's other installs that cover this.
I'm not responsible for you breaking your ride But this is a pretty simple and quick install. The longest part of it was when I dropped my socket wrench and had to find it :rollseyes:
So:
NewSouth banjobolt. It wants a 19mm socket and needs to be torqued to 30nM:
Need to get access, so remove your engine cover/intake arm and heatshield if you have one:
Look over the engine, and you'll find the banjobolt easily enough:
It's an absolute PITA to install though, as it's very stiff and there's not enough room in there to get much leverage. I believe it was a 10mm allen key needed for this, but I don't recall exactly. Here's the removed bolt. I put a rag around it as I took it out as it leaked a little oil - but not much.
Here's the bolt removed and the bare banjoport:
Newsouth banjobolt installed. *edited for tardness* - put one crush washer on "top" of the feed line, one "under" it. So it goes banjobolt - washer - feed line - washer - turbo.
Torque it up! 30nM:
Here's the Defi oil pressure sender, installed and tightened up:
Tidied away the sender wire:
Now, here's a weird thing. Whilst I was putting my heatshield on, I dropped my small socket wrench and took about half an hour to find it. It's by KS tools. Whilst I was rummaging around for it in the bay, I grabbed onto something which I was sure was it - anyway, I pulled it up, and look what I found:
:eyebulge: No idea how that got in there or how long it's been in there.
Guess it must have been left in there by a VW techaddle:
Anyway, got that out and found my wrench eventually... put everything back together and fired the car:
:happyanim:
Photoset here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmdrfire/sets/72157607417478887/
A few notes:
The oil pressure gauge on the mk5 GTI is more or less useless. You either have pressure, or you don't and the warning light comes on
this is mostly a cosmetic thing I guess. Looks great though.I'd already run the sensor wire through from the engine bay to the cabin, so that's not covered, this is purely the sender install. I ran it through with my turbo gauge sensor wire - there's other installs that cover this.
I'm not responsible for you breaking your ride
But this is a pretty simple and quick install. The longest part of it was when I dropped my socket wrench and had to find it :rollseyes:So:
NewSouth banjobolt. It wants a 19mm socket and needs to be torqued to 30nM:
Need to get access, so remove your engine cover/intake arm and heatshield if you have one:
Look over the engine, and you'll find the banjobolt easily enough:
It's an absolute PITA to install though, as it's very stiff and there's not enough room in there to get much leverage. I believe it was a 10mm allen key needed for this, but I don't recall exactly. Here's the removed bolt. I put a rag around it as I took it out as it leaked a little oil - but not much.
Here's the bolt removed and the bare banjoport:
Newsouth banjobolt installed. *edited for tardness* - put one crush washer on "top" of the feed line, one "under" it. So it goes banjobolt - washer - feed line - washer - turbo.
Torque it up! 30nM:
Here's the Defi oil pressure sender, installed and tightened up:
Tidied away the sender wire:
Now, here's a weird thing. Whilst I was putting my heatshield on, I dropped my small socket wrench and took about half an hour to find it. It's by KS tools. Whilst I was rummaging around for it in the bay, I grabbed onto something which I was sure was it - anyway, I pulled it up, and look what I found:
:eyebulge: No idea how that got in there or how long it's been in there.
Guess it must have been left in there by a VW tech
addle: Anyway, got that out and found my wrench eventually... put everything back together and fired the car:
:happyanim:
Photoset here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmdrfire/sets/72157607417478887/
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