--- In [email protected], Trevor <listsandst...@...> wrote: > > > > On 16/05/2010 18:59, ap4098 wrote: > > Unless it's "toys for the boys" I can see no compelling reason to fit an > > oil temperature gauge and personally am happy with my oil pressure warning > > lamp. Oil pressure gauges are more likley to show the wrong info bnecause > > of sender problems than show an actual fault. Keep the oil changes at the > > correct intervals and the oil system should last for 20 years or far more. > Cheers Tony :-) > > Its not so much 'toys for the boys' as a case of always having had them > previously - and, as a result, the feeling of being a tad 'naked' > without some idea of what's going on 'down below' .. I guess I was > heavily indoctrinated at far too young an age .. LOL! > > (I might omit the next stage though - that's the one with the engine > room log book and hourly readings; these were always taken down, very > religiously, when the 'big hand' pointed to the number '12' on the clock!) > > :-))>> > > Trevor
Yes, I understand that but did you do the same for the generator and refrigeration engines? Seriously though, this type of engine is used in all sorts of places and I am reliably informed that some of them get put in jungle clearings, are set running and then an engineer flies in every few weeks to check them over, refuel and service them. I am also sure those running gravel plants etc. are not given overmuch care. On a practical note. I would hope that Isuzu have suitable plugs in the engine that can be removed to fit the oil pressure and temperature senders but I very much doubt they will have one for an oil temperature sender. I understand that adaptors are available that screw onto the oil filter boss or perhaps a T that screws into the oil pressure switch hole (but then you may have to use one to mount the oil pressure sender) so its a lot of trouble for something that is very unlikely to show anything but under temperature for long periods. On an canal we only draw about 2 to 3 hp off the engine so the oil will tend to run cool which is just as well because we do not have a big wind blowing around the sump. Tony Brooks
