There are risks involved, and you might find this less than satisfactory, but it's possible.
The procedure used to put a pipe fitting in the
oil pan for the
oil drainback on a typical supercharger installation goes something like this.
1. Punch a hole in the pan with a sharp awl
2. Enlarge the hole with successively larger sharp awls until the ID is exactly the proper minor thread diameter for the tapping process.
3. Put grease on a tap to catch the filings, and tap the hole.
4. Screw in the fitting using liberal sealant.
...as you can imagine, this is not only nerve wracking, but results in what I feel is a less than satisfactory sealing surface.
Does it work? Yes, it's been done thousands of times.
Would I do it? Probably not, I'd pull the pan or take the
oil temperature from somewhere else; like from an oil line. This might be a good excuse to install a remote filter assembly; you can take the oil temp from somewhere in that assembly instead of messing with the pan. Or, another option...you might be able to machine the oil dran plug to adapt to your oil temp sender.
Epoxy doesn't like to bond to oil impregnated steel. If you got the surface very clean and used the right metal epoxy, it would work well, but getting the oil out of the metal is rough.
Byron Reynolds
RACE Systems
San Jose, CA
Oil Temp Bung
Linear Mode
