oil temperature sender generic?

Hi,
Are all oil temp senders generic? cause i snapped my one..


Also I got a feeling my gauge is reading wrong.. would it be more likily the guage or the sender?

Thanks,
Dan

No...it depends on the brand.

i know for sure that my VDO sender wasn't compatible to my other brand guages...its usually the calibration thats off..

yeah its normally brand specific.

what you need to check is what the values of the sender is, brand doesnt matter. get another sender that gives u the same values and it will work fine.

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Originally Posted by AKmotorworks

what you need to check is what the values of the sender is, brand doesnt matter. get another sender that gives u the same values and it will work fine.

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what value is do i check?

temp range? ohms?

well temp range will be given in postive or negative correlation to voltage.

therefore check what the voltage signals are worth for each temp range. Easiest way is to simply look at minimum and maximum values as most sensors are linear, then find a sender that gives the same voltage signal.

Simple

eheheh how in the world do i check the voltage range for each temp ehehe

yeah usually the senders do not have any values on it

just buy the original sender unit frmo honda. or whatever car u have