oil pressure gauge install help - Honda Prelude Forum

acelude · 02-26-2002, 07:42 PM

i just bought apex-i electrical oil pressure gauge. i am gong to be hooking it up soon. i am woundering where to hook up the sending unit and if i need a T connector. i already searched but couldnt find anything. its on a 97 sh thanks for the help

35mm · 02-26-2002, 09:07 PM

I don't think there is a provision for it on our cars. You'll need the T connector, and only use braided steel lines. Rubber hoses can burst after a while with oil pressure gauges, so I hear.

acelude · 02-26-2002, 09:13 PM

there are no lines its just a plug and wires coming out of it. i just dont know where the oil pressure switch is

acelude · 02-27-2002, 10:51 AM

anyone?

ILikeNakedGirls · 02-27-2002, 11:13 AM

i dont know if it can be done but the helms manual shows a port for connection of an oil pressure gauge in the front of the head on the passenger side right next to the vtec solenoid valve assembly. my cars in thr shop right now or i would look for you. i get it back tomorrow so i will post if this hole exists if nobody else does in the meantime. also i believe there a hole in the back of the block too although i dont know where and looking thorugh this manual is like trying to find a needle in a hay stack.

DirtyLude · 02-27-2002, 11:38 AM

Do a search for 'oil pressure sender' in Forced Induction.

lazilude909 · 02-27-2002, 01:07 PM

If your oil pressure is a electrical one, then you can connect the sender unit right under the oil filter. There should be this bolt with a wire under the oil pressure. Just take it out and unhook the wire and replace it with the sender unit. Tha's what I did and it worked perfectly fine.