Oil pressure guage

[jmc330i]

Want to fit an Oil Pressure guage to my touring, but where would the pressure sender fit? Engine is the 2.5 M20.

Cheers

[Turbo-Brown]

I fitted mine to the same hole as the oil pressure switch.

It's about 1/3 of the way back along the block on the drivers side probably 2" above the sump.

The thread's an M12x1.5 which is a bit of a funny size unfortunately

[jmc330i]

So you did away with the pressure switch?

Any suggestions on which sender to go for?

[Turbo-Brown]

In my case I was rigging up oil supplies to the turbos so I machined up a block of ali with 4 outlets on it:

1 to the oil pressure gauge which I plumbed in using copper brake pipe and fittings (M10x1)
2 to the turbos, again in copper with brake line fittings
1 to the original oil pressure switch with the M12x1.5 thread.

I've got a mechanical oil pressure gauge so it didn't really have a sender as such.

[jmc330i]

Sounds like a plan. Im sure I can get something sorted along those lines to have both

[Jon_Bmw]

The other way is drilling and tapping into the oil filter housing, but personally I would go with a T piece adapter like Mr brown said, then retaining your oil pressure switch and gaining the gauge.

[jmc330i]

The other way is drilling and tapping into the oil filter housing.

What, where the oil cooler pipes fit? I dont have that bit on my 2.5 - was removed and Im not running the cooler.

[Jon_Bmw]

The other way is drilling and tapping into the oil filter housing.

What, where the oil cooler pipes fit? I dont have that bit on my 2.5 - was removed and Im not running the cooler.

Yeah that bit

Looks like the oil pressure switch location then