Progress but with a couple of questions

[stephen low]

Brett

Thanks for the pics. A very practical location for the battery, and my first thought when the sparky mentioned it, but to my eyes it looks a little cluttered.

I'm going to run a std type battery in the boot for ease of replacement and of course less cost at the expense of having to fabricate a box and some loss of boot space.

But as it's going behind the LH wheel arch the useable space here is restricted. But I've made my boot space gains by keeping the tank below the fibreglass floor, so you win some and loose some.

Thanks all for the comments and the pics particularly.

Back to the oil sensor issue, Smithy's comment makes me think I've just automatically hooked up the cooler to the original diverter when the car had a filter hanging off the end. Since fitting into the cobra engine bay a second diverter was added that I just made the filter system. Clearly I need to swap the two and will try and do this.

But for my knowledge does the oil pickup not immediately send oil through the filter first, before feeding the oil passages?

If not then I assume it is oil draining back that is pushed through the filter and in this case then the cooler, so would it not matter if I had a sensor on the final return fitting post cooler and pre sump to measure oil temp just as it is reaching the sump?

Surely the temp post cooler wouldn't be far different over that in the sump, particularly given that the cooler is the major cooling function?

Please make comment, as this would be the easiest way for me to insert a point where the temp sensor can be mounted.

Cheers

[cameron02]

Hi Slowy,
As you know I have the same motor as you. See my gallery for a pic of the oil temp sensor in the sump.

1) drain and remove sump.

2) drill hole in sump.

3) get the local exhaust place to weld a nut on the outside of the sump.

4) Screw in the sensor

Easy!

[cameron02]

Oh yeah!

Before you drill the hole make sure there is some clearance inside. I chose the lower front passenger side of the sump

[cameron02]

Hi Brett,

I dont know wether the oil goes through the filter before going to the rest of the engine or after going to the rest of the engine but.............If the oil goes to the filter last then the oil comming from your remote mounted filter/cooler will hit the sump and mix with the hot oil already in the sump, so your remote oil sensor will have the incorrect temp..........................If the oil goes to the filter/cooler first then it will tell the just cooled oil temp but then the oil will start to heat up as soon as it gets to the engine parts, so you will get a temp reading but probably not indicative of the running oil temp in your motor. For example on a cold day your oil temp will read colder even though the oil in your engine might not be colder than any other day.

Of course, I could be wrong and at the end of the day it only matters if you want an accurate reading. If you just want the gauge to work so it looks cool then remote mounting of sensor is fine.