Question about oil pan

[DavidEwers]

Today I was cleaning 19 years of crud that has collected on the bottom of my 92 GT. I hate for there to be any oil or grease on any part of my car. I know its a little OCD but it makes working on the car a less dirty. I noticed a probe going into the oil pan. I assume that is for oil temp. My question is two part. can I use this port for a Autometer gauge and does the computer use oil temp to define the intake charge etc?

 

[wythors]

If this is on the driver's side of the pan, what you're seeing is the oil level sensor. The computer takes no readings from it, but a light on the dash is supposed to come on if you are approx 1 1/2 quarts low.

 

[DavidEwers]

So that can be used for a oil temp gauge?

 

[srtthis]

So that can be used for a oil temp gauge?

if you can find a correctly sized sleeve

 

[1991notchbackLX]

Keep the factory idiot light guage in place. For what exact reason do you want an oil temperature gauge? Is your car stock or close to it? Oil pressure is a more vital piece of information, and oil temp can be inferred from operating temperature through a regular coolant (water) temp gauge.

 

[wythors]

He's building a full-on race car.

 

[DavidEwers]

Thanks, as wythors sated I am building a race car. Its going to be a NHRA stocker. I want everything to be as close as possible from run to run. That includes oil temp, water temp and trans temp. I will be also running a brake pressure gauge.

We are not allowed to run a aftermarket oil pan so having this port just makes is easier to get the oil temp gauge setup. If this was a normal stret car I would be running all of the stock gauges.

This is going to be a real slow build since I want to have fun at the local track in the beginning to run the brackets and test and tunes.