WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

I need an oil pressure adapter that bolts just above the oil filter. It's the type that needs to be drilled and threaded for an oil pressure sender.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Here's some other info with part numbers that may give you some other options/ideas

http://www.ls2.com/forums/showthread...r-on-LS-Series

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Thanks for the info. I was just hoping someone had an extra one laying around. I do somewhere, but I just can't find it!

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

You still need one of these? I'm sure I have some lying around.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Whatya got?!

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

I got one of them there $28 block off plates. Id take $26.50 for it. :lol:


Seriously though, I'd do $5 shipped on it.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Thanks! Send me your paypal!

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Got it! thanks!

Rob

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

i bought one from my local dealer came off a gto was already threaded and used the autometter 2277 adpator to mount my sensor

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

They are pretty easy to thread just drill a hole and a cheap tap will do the job.
I took mine off the original sender and tapped in with a t that is sold on ebay, mainly because I have an oil cooler on mine.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Can I ask why you can't put the sender were the original sender was for the lsx?

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

It depends on the motor you have I suppose. I have a 4.8 LY2 and the original oil pressure sender is needed to run the motor for E38 pcm's. But I just tapped a whole underneath it like a "T" and hooked my line to my gauge. That way I can run my original gauges in my truck.

Also my coolant temp gauge I used a sender from a 86 Monte Carlo ss and cut the threads down with my lathe to fit in the passenger side of the head. Didn't want to be cutting too many wholes into the heads or using those big donkey adapters that stick out of the block.

Tach is easy to run off the pcm or msd makes a tach signal adapter that clips onto the coil wire too..

I do have a block off plate too except it's not tapped yet.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Ok cool. I m trying to get the oil pressure through my vhx gauges via the can bus
Thanks

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

That should be fairly simple.
Dakota digital gives you pretty much all the adapters you might need including the sensors you need. Only one thing I could imagine you might have is where to put the sensors.

Did you find a location to put your water, oil, and vss already?

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

I have all the parameters from the obd2/canbus except the oil. DD said that it won't read it. But I read somewhere that it was possible.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

What motor do you have ? And what pcm are you using?

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

2011 lc9/6L80 e38 ECM

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

I could have swore there is a signal from the pcm on the e38.
I'll do some checking Monday with a friend of mine and find out for you.
Do you know what the signal parameters are required by DD?

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

I am not sure. As I don't have anyway to know except what the dd reads when I plugged it in. But thank you for the information it would be nice to get all the info to the Vhx gauges. I can get the mechanics and the electric parts working this communications part I am not sure about.
Thanks

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

No problem probably Monday I'll see my friends at ProDyno of Phoenix. One of the owners has a 70 chevy with a DD dash and turbo 5.3l I'm sure he will have the answer for sure. I will get back to you then.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Thanks for the help.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

The E38 computer does push an oil signal of the CANBUS, however, Dakota Digital's BIM-01-1 will not display it on the gauges. I'm not sure why and I've spent about 3 months and written numerous emails back and forth with DD and received no good reason why their BIM won't display it. I get IAT, gear indication, H20 temp, speed, tach, trans temp and OAT (if you have the sensor) but no oil pressure....:(. I let them know that most of the other gauges out there that use the CanBus CAN display oil pressure, so hopefully my continual bugging about this will prompt them to updgrade their BIM interface.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

I hope we can figure it out. So until than I guess I need to put the sender that came with the gauges. In combination with the stock one.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

I think that's a 1/8 NPT that came with it right? Where will you put it?

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Well I think in the kit it has a half-inch sensor but there are three total sensors in the bag and I haven't opened the bag yet. Remember I was hoping the canbus would give me all the info. I will check it out tonight. I would like to put it next to the original sensor.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

It's 1/8" pipe thread for the oil pressure sensor. I used the blockoff plate listed above and just drilled and threaded it. It mounts just above the oil filter. I didn't have enough room to T into where the factory sensor is mounted.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Well I will look into it as I have the oil cooler plumbed in already. I do remember a plug on the side of the oil cooler line block. I will check it out maybe I can use it with the correct bushing.
Also I wonder what the 3 sensors are that the kit came with.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

I used one of them for the H20 temp sender in the block, but you can use them for either of the senders.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

May I ask why you decided to do a stand alone oil cooler?

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

The motor had high capacity towing package I guess. It had the lines already. So it was 40$ for the little block next to the oil filter or 30$ for the aluminum 2 path oil cooler on eBay and I had the an fittings and line. So I decided to keep it. It adds 1-1/2 quarts of oil also.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

I was planning on putting mine in with the radiator like the factory does. Mainly because I toyed with the idea of separate coolers for oil water and trans, but I was told by more than a few high performance radiator shops that gm designed the motor and trans to run with a constant temp. Meaning, keeping them too cold would cause extra wear. Seems to kind of make since. But I wasn't sure if that was bs or not. I do plan on one radiator to keep my engine compartment clean as possible.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

That is funny since the factory oil cooler is in front of the radiator. Or at least from what I have seen it is!
Not sure how the engine oil temp and trans oil temp need to be equal since they don't really come in contact to each other. Well maybe the bell housing which doesn't have oil in it.
Am I off on this thinking?

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Sorry hope I didn't sound like I was mocking you. I am not. Guess now I am second guessing where the original cooler is.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Well the idea was since they are in the same radiator that because the tubes in the radiator would all be dissipated by the radiator fins. Some of the 6.0 radiators has all three in one unit. I have a friend with a Tahoe with the 6.0 with oil cooler his is all one unit for auto trans and water and engine oil. Personally I like the idea of one unit to save space. But yours on the front there looks beautiful, too bad all the other stuff is going to cover it up.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Lol no you weren't. I kind of thought the same thing you did when I was bs-ing with these radiator shops.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

So I have a question. Do I really need the stock oil pressure sender? If I change it out what does the computer do if it doesn't read oil pressure?

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

The motor will read no oil pressure and go to shut down mode. Least that's on E38 pcm's will I'm am not sure about the older motors and pcm's. I never researched the older one. But since you have an e38 it won't start if that was disconnected.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Ok so good to know that when I tried to start it. It started do since I couldn't see oil pressure I had it.

Re: WTB Oil pressure sender adapter
 

Do they make a sending unit the is for the stock plug with a 1/8" not thread? I guess a stock sending unit with sae thread?