What is this? + Oil temp sensor location

[Dino86]

Hello,
I'm wandering what's the purpose of plug in the red circle?
And more important... can it be used for a oil temp sensor?
It also has a hole (around 8mm?) at the area of the yellow arrow.

I read in another topic that the oil temp sensor can be installed via the plug in the blue circle also but there was some rare threadsize or something.


Thanks a lot for the info.

[fax0815]

No!!!

That´t the coolant draining plug for the block.

Why don´t you run a t-piece from the port where the original pressure sender sits? IIRC the thread is 1/8 NPT

[Dino86]

I guess that's the best option since the other one doesn't even have oil behind it...

I'm affraid I ran my engine oil to hot this weekend.
I installed sumpguard (alloy) so now there is no cooling on the sump from underneath (cooling wind)
Anyone nows the effect on the oil temperature with a sumpguard installed. I drove sporty, but not pushing hard (no track, no race)? Oilcooler is standard.
Engine consumed almost 1l over +-600km. Normally it's much less

Does high oil temp (= high temp. on bearings etc..) kill the Engine directly or over longer time only...
Hope the E/G is not F*cked
I didn't hear or feel anything strange...

[fax0815]

You just worry to much, I don´t see a sumpguard effecting the cooling that much.
Its hard to get oil temperature past 120deg with normal driving...

Much more important, mileage on you engine? What oil are you running?

[Project D]

fax0815 Wrote:IIRC the thread is 1/8 NPT

WRONG !!!
It's 1/8 PT (or BSPT, it's the same thing)

NPT is an US norm, absolutely NOT the same thing !

BSPT = British Standard Pipe Tapered
NPT= National Pipe Thread Tapered

[Dino86]

Thanks to all,

No worries about correct thread size I will take the sensor to the shop anyway. I will post the final correct answer :wink:

@fax0815
I know my engine is not that fresh anymore (almost 200.000km).
I run 10W40 Kroon-oil Emperol.
But consumption is [u:dd02500c18]suddenly[/u:dd02500c18] high and just after I installed the alloy sumpguard. That's why I was wandering about oil temp.
Anyway I bought temp gauge already so I will continue installation.

[fax0815]

Project D Wrote:

fax0815 Wrote:IIRC the thread is 1/8 NPT

WRONG !!!
It's 1/8 PT (or BSPT, it's the same thing)

NPT is an US norm, absolutely NOT the same thing !

BSPT = British Standard Pipe Tapered
NPT= National Pipe Thread Tapered

Sorry, just remembered when I fitted my defi gauges, I had the same problem, but you´re right its bspt, cause the defi sender bolted straight to the block