ls1 swap oil pressure gauge ????? - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

82z28man · 04-02-2009, 10:32 PM

I was wondering if the factory 6.0/LSX oil pressure sensor will be accurate with the factory 0-60 gauge on a 91 Z. I've heard of people saying its accurate with the 0-80 gauge but not sure about mine. I have an adapter to use the original sensor but I think it would look cleaner to use the LSX one. If you have any experience with this let me know please. Thanks

82z28man · 04-03-2009, 12:34 PM

Anybody?

andrew69_04 · 04-03-2009, 01:10 PM

from what i've read, the factory guage will work with the ls1 sensor. most ls motors run 40-80 psi so part of the time your guage is going to be maxed out, but its not really that big of a deal.

techrunner · 04-13-2009, 07:00 PM

can anyone who has done it verify that the ls1 sender will work? i read that it'll show near 0 on the gauge, and that you had to place the original 3rd gen sender into the ls block to get it to read. i'm looking for where i read that now.

five7kid · 04-13-2009, 08:01 PM

You can mount the 3rd gen sensor on the piece just above the oil filter. Might have to use an adapter, depending upon what your original was like. I'm using a mechanical gauge, as you might notice from the pic.

kevinc · 04-21-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by techrunner

can anyone who has done it verify that the ls1 sender will work? i read that it'll show near 0 on the gauge, and that you had to place the original 3rd gen sender into the ls block to get it to read. i'm looking for where i read that now.

Mine's been working fine since 2004. Factory '01 LS1 sending unit, factory '82 oil pressure gauge.

Just connect the tan wire (I forget the circuit ID#) on the LS1 harness to the tan wire (I forgot that circuit ID too) on either C207 or C100 (location varies on thirdgens) and you're in business.