Just a quick question... I just finished installing a mechanical oil pressure guage in my dash tonight. The problem, is that the clearance behind the guage is VERY tight. So tight infact, that the nylon (?) tube in the back of the guage takes a hard 90* turn right out of the guage.

Now this is my question... is this 90* bend going to do anything detrimental to the guage (ie. inaccuracy)? I started the engine, and the guage appears to read fine, the oil pressure at any given time appears to be the same as before, when I had the same guage in a different spot. Basically my question is: Is this 90* bend going to be a problem? Or does it sound like all is well?

 

Only thing i could see wrong is the possibility of the line kinking on yeah.other than that shouldnt effect fug all.You must have a nice warm shop there adam,i know its been friggin cold here the last few days

 

Thats the thing... i cant actually see the bend, so I dont know if its kinked or not. I can see how close the fit is, but theres something blocking the view of the line where it comes out of the guage.

Shop? HAH!! Its -56*C (with the windchill, -38 w/o it) outside and I was doing this in my driveway! Your only 19 once, right?

 

You definetly want to make sure that the line is not kinked anywhere....other then that normal bends should not be a huge problem.....just no kinks....


good luck with that weather.....its 76 here in florida